Saudi Arabia has little to worry about – no state has the moral authority or will to attack this butchery
We have to remember that on the UN Council we can find such vigorous defenders of human rights as China and Russia
We have to remember that on the UN Council we can find such vigorous defenders of human rights as China and Russia
'Our wildlife must be protected – these rangers are needed'
South Africa lost more than 1,200 rhinos in 2014, killed to get their horns which can secure up to £500,000
Botswana is leading the way for continental-scale surveys into poaching
Amid the slaughter of elephants in recent years, Botswana has shone as a rare bright spot
In 2002, there were five children waiting for new hearts – now there are 30
World View: The life of Aung San Suu Kyi, who successfully confronted dictatorship, is too sensitive for publication in China
Rivers pay little heed to borders – England and Wales share care of the Severn
If the Queen will reveal the truth about possible Nazi sympathisers in her family, I'll be happy to Clean For The Queen too
Can any good come out of such a sodden fiasco? Perhaps it will, finally, make people wake up to the economic idiocy of the Chancellor's new chosen fiscal mandate, which demands that governments run absolute budget surpluse - including capital expenditure
The following letters appear in the 4th January edition of the Independent
General O'Callaghan knew that peace is a much harder struggle than war
Racism today is more invidious than it was even in the days of Mrs Thatcher, and it is harder to get any redress
This year I had cause to spend some time in a central London A&E for the first time in decades. There are no adequate words to describe the unnecessary, unwarranted and overwhelming challenges that drunks and drunkenness place upon them
The British media stumbles into 2016 with its confidence undermined and its future still in doubt
In 2014, Rebecca's husband Nick was hit by a car and seriously injured. Here, in one of a series of columns, she writes about the aftermath of his accident
"I've spent no money, and I'm number one."
Doctors risk losing trust at a time when public scepticism has grown in so many other areas. And patients risk losing lives, especially if threats to withdraw emergency cover for the first time are enacted
Nowadays, a ludicrous number of people seem to live under this false presumption that their tax money is being wasted on soulless Polish prostitutes who fly here first-class to snag free abortions
I write this as a chronic alcoholic of over a decade who has been subject to a Deprivation of Liberty Order due to severe psychosis induced by withdrawal, and as someone who spent nearly a decade living in one of the 10 per cent most deprived areas of the UK
At the entrance to Kenema Hospital, the region of Sierra Leone worst affected by Ebola, I noticed a small memorial stone. I first assumed it was to remember the patients who had succumbed to Ebola there - but I was wrong
Tasked with setting you a resolution to truly improve yourself, what will the love of your life say? It's time to find out
Warren Howard's mum doesn't want her son to look like a "thug" or a "footballer" or "Yul Brynner"
Life As We Know It No.89: Want of pitch, poise and precision have never been a barrier to turning out for St A's
Pension funds urge Britain's biggest carbon polluters to come clean over financial crisis that lies ahead