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Halfway through the interview with former diplomat, peace negotiator and Middle East expert Dennis Ross, his big blue iPhone rings. His youngest daughter, on her way to Washington, calls to let her know when her train will arrive. And like everyone he speaks to, she asks Ross to explain the situation in Gaza and Israel. What...

The lawyer is going hard today. First he tries to stop the prosecution by having the officer declared inadmissible. Seventy file pages would be legally 'not possible'. Because it came from a damage appraiser who made discriminatory statements about the burned-out apartment. Next to a photo of a door “with a brown smudge,” the lawyer...

Is Donald Trump really that untouchable as a Republican candidate? I do not believe it. His path towards nomination is much less obvious than it seems. The chance of a new term for the coup plotter is smaller than we are told (as stated last Wednesday on the opinion pages of NRC). Frans Verhagen is a historian,...

“Lyon is dead.” With these words opened the French newspaper Progress Sunday. Behind the white letters is a photo of the always impeccably dressed Gérard Collomb, former mayor of the southern French city. He died Saturday at the age of 76. Collomb was the best known Lyonnais of his generation. He governed the city for...

Over the past two weeks, during the quiet international period for him, Feyenoord coach Arne Slot delved into the images. He analyzed all the goals that Feyenoord scored in the Eredivisie and Champions League until this weekend – more than forty in total. What exactly preceded a goal? How did the build-up go? How the...