The latest Ebola outbreak stands as a warning on how cuts to overseas aid impacts global heath security- Today’s column👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/261...

Jihadist terrorism is again expanding and going dangerously unnoticed. In a world preoccupied with “bigger” conflicts, events unfolding in West Africa have haunting echoes of al-Qaeda and a perilous rerun of the past - Today’s in- depth read👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2611403...

What’s driving West Africa’s growing jihadist threat? 👉 www.heraldscotland.com/news...

Jihadist terrorism is again expanding and going dangerously unnoticed. In a world preoccupied with “bigger” conflicts, events unfolding in West Africa have haunting echoes of al-Qaeda and a perilous rerun of the past - Today’s in- depth read👇 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2611316...

www.thenational.scot/politics/261... As ever an insight worth reading from @foreigncorr1.bsky.social TY

Donald Trump’s inevitable crowing over China cannot hide the weakness of his geopolitical position- Today’s column 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/261...

Donald Trump’s inevitable crowing over China cannot hide the weakness of his geopolitical position- Today’s column 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/261...

'It is John Sullivan, the former US ambassador to Moscow when the invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, who is credited with the now famous remark about how change happens in Russia. “In Russia, they say that things don’t happen fast, but when they happen, they happen fast,” Sullivan once quipped'

Are cracks in Vladimir Putin’s rule finally opening up? Today’s in-depth international read 👇 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2609262...

Are cracks in Vladimir Putin’s rule finally opening up? Today’s in-depth international read 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

Israel’s full West Bank annexation plans are now a clear and present danger - Today’s column 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

It’s time for Trump to take a reality check on his Iran war - Today’s in depth international read 👇 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2607426...

It’s time for Trump to take a reality check on his Iran war - Today’s in-depth international read 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

The spectre of rearmament is increasingly haunting Europe - Today’s column- 👇 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

The spectre of rearmament is increasingly haunting Europe - Today’s column 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

Could voter intimidation and Trump chicanery mar the US midterms? Today’s in depth international read - 👇 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2605329...

Could voter intimidation and Trump chicanery mar the US midterms? Today’s in depth international read 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

Just renewed my @scotnational.bsky.social subscription - the only paper that has had the guts to do genuine courageous coverage of the genocide in Palestine since 2023. And @foreigncorr1.bsky.social clear-eyed reporting remains such a service to the public

Excellent piece from @foreigncorr1.bsky.social on how wilful ignorance of other cultures has had a major effect on US foreign policy for decades, and continues to this day... www.thenational.scot/news/world/2...

www.thenational.scot/news/world/2... Excellent insight as ever from David Pratt TY @foreigncorr1.bsky.social Such experience should be listened to by warmongers who never seem to learn from past actions & disasters

America’s cultural chauvinism is its ‘forever wars’ biggest weakness- Today’s colum👇👇 www.thenational.scot/news/world/2...

America’s cultural chauvinism is its ‘forever wars’ biggest weakness- Today’s column www.thenational.scot/news/world/2...

Vance Vs Rubio: Who will win the contest to inherit the Trump mantle? Today’s in-depth international read- 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

Vance Vs Rubio: Who will win the contest to inherit the Trump mantle? Today’s in-depth international read- 👇 👇 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2603327...

Vance Vs Rubio: Who will win the contest to inherit the Trump mantle? Today’s indepth international read 👇 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2603327...

Vance Vs Rubio: Who will win the contest to inherit the Trump mantle? Today’s indepth international read👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

In an already troubled world, ignoring Sudan’s plight isn’t an option- Today’s column 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

Couldn't agree more. I love when David guests on TalkMedia

This is so very well deserved - a giant of a contribution to war correspondence, critical and brave journalism and to the stunning art of photography. Delighted to hear this @foreigncorr1.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @scotnational.bsky.social

Well deserved David!

Well and truly chuffed to be listed today as being awarded an Honorary Doctorate, Doctor of Letters (DLitt) for services to journalism, photography and broadcasting by the University of Glasgow. It's a really nice welcome home, having just come back from the Middle East.

Iran: Trump and the art of the bad deal. The US president played a dire hand in this war and just about everyone in the region including the Kurds have been left in political limbo and uncertainty. My report from Iraqi Kurdistan.👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

Reacting to the US-Iran ceasefire from deep within Iraqi Kurdistan- Today’s column👇https://www.thenational.scot/news/world/26005732.donald-trump-sent-homeward-think-iran/?ref=li

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Anas Sarwar urged to clarify stance after appearing to back plans to 'cut NHS dental services'

Tomorrow's front page 📰 John Swinney denounces Donald Trump's horrific 'a civilisation will die' threat

I’m currently in Northern Iraq where these photos of Iranian Kurdish women fighters of the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) were taken. Some are recent arrivals from Iran and fled brutal crackdowns. Almost daily they are now under Iranian drone attacks in their mountain bases.

Brutal crackdowns, harrowing escapes using safe houses and even swimming winter rivers to cross the border and join the peshmerga. In my special report from Northern Iraq, I meet some remarkable women on the frontline of the fight against Iran’s regime - www.thenational.scot/community/su...

The UK’s London-based mainstream media are colluding with Keir Starmer’s & Yvette Cooper’s “We’re supporting defensive action” deception, thereby endorsing Labour’s lie that the British Gov’t isn’t complicit in US war crimes in Iran. But the Scottish media is telling the truth.👏

Brutal crackdowns, harrowing escapes using safe houses and even swimming winter rivers to cross the border and join the peshmerga. In my special report from Northern Iraq, I meet some remarkable women on the frontline of the fight against Iran’s regime. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2599599...

Brutal crackdowns, harrowing escapes using safe houses and even swimming winter rivers to cross the border and join the peshmerga. In my special report from Northern Iraq, I meet some remarkable women on the frontline of the fight against Iran’s regime. www.thenational.scot/community/su...

Thank you for another intelligent, thoughtful report. Stay safe.

‘With every day that passes, this conflict has the quality of quicksand – the further you sink into it, the harder it is to get out’ Today’s column from here in Northern Iraq👇 www.thenational.scot/comment/2598...

Seen from where I’m standing in Iraq, this war in the region would be like quicksand for Keir Starmer- Today’s column - 👇https://www.thenational.scot/comment/25989649.iraq-war-like-quicksand-keir-starmer/?ref=li

I’m currently in Iraq - and the news over the past 24 hours of Shelly Kittleson’s kidnapping has impacted heavily on the journalist community here. Fingers crossed that Shelly will be released safe and sound as soon as possible . 👇

Such a complex situation. I couldn’t help but think that the Kurds are a people who have things done to them but never for them. Exploited. Great article, David- good to read a report away from the headlines about the Gulf states.

Tomorrow's front page 📰 More US bombers in the UK 'expose Starmer's lie'

"These were taken by the local journalist and friend I was with of the attack I describe witnessing in the piece. We were very close when this one came down," our foreign editor David Pratt tells us. His full piece from Iraq 👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...

First of my series of reports from Iraq on how the shockwaves of the Iran war are opening up old wounds and faultlines 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

Iraq has long walked a tightrope between the competing interests of the US and its neighbour Iran, but the latest war is testing this delicate balancing act with a new sense of urgency, writes David Pratt ✍️ 🔗 www.thenational.scot/politics/25981944.shockwaves-iran-war-opening-old-wounds-iraq/

Are we looking at “jaw, jaw” or more “war, war” with Iran? Today’s column👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/259...