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Let’s leave aside our discomfort at the sight of the prime minister’s Office Depot performance. That’s a matter of style and taste. But it’s impossible…
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World Cup 2018: ISIS issues chilling threat to football fans ahead of tournament
An image released by the pro-ISIS Wafa Media Foundation via an Indonesian cell shows the terrorist cell in khakis squaring up against the Russian squad…
US judge orders Iran to pay $6 bln to families of 9/11 victims
A federal US judge has ordered Iran to pay $6 billion to families of the victims of 9/11 after he found various government entities were…
Drive-by shooting kills eight north of Baghdad
Iraqi officials say gunmen in two speeding cars opened fire on civilians near a town north of Baghdad, killing at least eight people and wounding…
Why Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey Are Battling Over Somalia
A battle for access to seaports is underway in one of the world’s unlikeliest places: Somalia, now caught up in a regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and…
Turkey’s iron lady: ‘It’s time for the men in power to feel fear’
Meral Akşener stood near a statue of the Turkish republic’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in the Black Sea town of Giresun earlier this year, as…
Egypt’s jailed journalists: In numbers
The UN cultural agency, UNESCO has awarded its World Press Freedom Prize to imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, despite criticism from the government of Abdel…
Ex-UK minister’s nephew arrested for joining YPG in Syria
The great nephew of a former British minister has been arrested on his return to the UK from Syria for his alleged involvement with the…
RAF airstrike against Isis fighters in Syria unintentionally killed a civilian, says Gavin Williamson
A civilian was “unintentionally” killed in an RAF airstrike on three Isis fighters in eastern Syria, the defence secretary has said. In a written statement to parliament, Gavin Williamson said a…
Syria crisis enters new danger zone
As Syria’s war grinds along in its seventh year of fighting, the conflict is entering an ominous new phase as President Bashar Assad’s forces step…