Blog: Going overboard to impress reporters is certainly one way to project soft power in the fight against the Islamic State group, but what happens when the group is defeated?
Sailors may be a famously superstitious bunch, but the Navy's chaplaincy service attempts to minister to their spiritual development, even during times of warfare, writes James Brownsell.
Exclusive access to the USS Dwight D Eisenhower was granted to °®Âþµº as the ship spearheads the US-led coalition's fight against the Islamic State group.
Comment: A fist-fight in the European Parliament leaves a leading anti-immigration politician in hospital, while the UK government steers course towards a profoundly illiberal future for Britain, writes James Brownsell.