David Pratt

The National Newspaper

It’s now ‘hell on earth’ for the women of Afghanistan

By: David Pratt

A FILM is scheduled to air today on Sweden’s public television network and the timing of its broadcast could not be more apt.

The National Newspaper

This is why the Gulf states are pivoting away from Washington

By: David Pratt

THE first time I heard the phrase used was in Cairo’s Tahrir Square while covering the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011.

The Herald Scotland

'A war of national liberation': Is Israel goading Palestinians into a third intifada?

By: David Pratt

As West Bank settler violence escalates, many fear Palestinians are being pushed to breaking point. Foreign Editor David Pratt who covered two…

The National Newspaper

David Pratt: Is Israel goading Palestinians into a third intifada?

By: David Pratt

AT the time when it appeared, it created quite a stir. It was back in March 2002, precisely at the moment when the Israeli- Palestinian conflict was…

The National Newspaper

US 'get-out-of-jail card' only serves to further embroil it in Iranian quagmire

By: David Pratt

FIRST, it was bombs. Then came bribes in the shape of promised sanctions relief and billions of dollars in investment ...

The National Newspaper

Nepal’s devastating floods are a global failure, not simply a natural disaster

By: David Pratt

OUT beyond the suffocating bottleneck of the Kathmandu Valley exit with its haze of exhaust fumes and dust, the Prithvi Highway plunges down into…

The Herald Scotland

Disturbing Nepal floods expose the ‘perfect storm’ of climate change and aid cuts

By: David Pratt

Nepal’s disaster is a harbinger of what happens when the political will is lacking to tackle climate change while cutting vital aid that builds…

The National Newspaper

Putin is boxed in over the war – and Russians are starting to sense it

By: David Pratt

CONTRARY to popular belief, pearls of wisdom sometimes emanate from pub talk. I was reminded of that again last weekend, during a chat over a glass…

The National Newspaper

Why UK’s strategy of separating Israel from its illegal settlements won’t work

By: David Pratt

AT the time, he had what might be called an “abrasive” way of handling the foreign media of which, back then, I was a part

The Herald Scotland

'I am a soldier without boundaries' What bin Laden told me years before 9/11

By: David Pratt

Twenty-five years ago, the collective shock of the terrorist attacks on the US was upon us. Foreign Editor David Pratt’s essay recounts what it…