Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is one of the world’s most remote inhabited island – a 164-sq-km dot in the South Pacific Ocean. The nearest land is Pitcairn Island, a British Overseas Territory, 2,000km (1,200 miles) away; and Chile – under whose jurisdiction Rapa Nui has fallen since 1888 – […]

In March this year Islamist militants attacked the busy town of Palma in the northern tip of Mozambique. Many Mozambicans and overseas contractors tried to flee on foot and by boat, while others sought refuge in a hotel compound, awaiting rescue. With compelling eyewitness testimony and mobile phone footage, Catherine […]

The Rumsfeld Report, as the findings came to be known, argued that the US faced a growing threat from overtly or potentially hostile nations including North Korea, Iraq and Iran. It suggested that these states could potentially inflict “major destruction” on the US within five years of deciding to pursue […]

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