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- Afghanistan, Culture, Documentary films, Film, Iraq, Media, Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, WikiLeaks, World news
There Will Be No More Night review – chilling meditation on modern warfare
Éléonore Weber’s documentary, air-strike footage of pilots on night missions, could work well in a galleryThis…
- Abortion, Access to water, Afghanistan, Africa, Americas, Belarus, Climate crisis, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drought, Europe, European Union, Extreme weather, Famine, Human rights, Inequality, Iraq, Kurds, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mexico, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Migration and development, Mining, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Poverty, Protest, Qatar, Refugees, Russia, South and Central Asia, Syria, Turkey, US-Mexico border, Water, Women's rights and gender equality, Workers' rights, World Cup, World Cup 2022, World news
Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Pakistan to Poland Continue reading...
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Iraq, Islamic State, Middle East and North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabia, September 11 2001, World news
Al-Qaida: the terror group that learned the secret of longevity
Twenty years after 9/11, 33 years after it was first conceived, and against all the odds, the terrorist group …
- Afghanistan, Defence policy, Iraq, Middle East and North Africa, Military, Nuclear weapons, Politics, Refugees, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
Britain’s military must learn from its mistakes
Britain’s armed forces are dodging responsibility for failings in Afghanistan and Iraq, argues Prof Paul Dixon…
- Afghanistan, Iraq, Joe Biden, Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, US foreign policy, US news, World news
After the chaos in Kabul, is the American century over?
The ‘forever war’ has finished with a debacle. If this marks the end of American interventionism, what will ta…
- Afghanistan, Iraq, Joe Biden, Middle East and North Africa, Politics, Rape and sexual assault, Society, UK news, Universities, US news, Vietnam, World news
The abandonment of Afghanistan is shameful | Letters
Jane Ghosh thinks we have left behind devastation and despair, Trevor Curnow looks at parallels with Vietnam, …
- Afghanistan, Africa, Arms trade, Conflict and arms, Doctors, Global development, Global health, Health, Hospitals, Human rights, Iraq, Middle East and North Africa, Rwanda, Society, South and Central Asia, Sudan, World news
‘Maestro of humanity’: Italian surgeon Gino Strada dies at 73
Tributes paid to doctor whose NGO set up world-class hospitals in war zones such as Iraq, Yemen and SudanTribu…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Belarus, Cuba, Europe, Global development, Hong Kong, Human rights, Hungary, India, Iraq, Middle East and North Africa, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, World news
Marches in Minsk and Pegasus protests: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Haiti to Pakistan Continue readi…
- Afghanistan, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush, Iraq, Joe Biden, Nato, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US news, World news
The Observer view on US and Nato withdrawal from Afghanistan | Observer editorial
This shabby, half-hidden retreat by western forces abandons a nation to mayhem, civil war and terrorThe confli…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Art and design, Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, China, Culture, Europe, Gender, Global development, Greece, Hong Kong, Inequality, Iran, Iraq, LGBT rights, Media, Mental health, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Nigeria, Photography, Refugees, Society, South and Central Asia, Sweden, Transgender, Turkey, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘We have more in common than what separates us’: refugee stories, told by refugees
In One Thousand Dreams, award-winning photographer Robin Hammond hands the camera to refugees. Often reduced b…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Belarus, Black Lives Matter movement, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Environment, Environmental activism, Ethiopia, Europe, Global development, Human rights, Iraq, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Migration and development, Myanmar, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Protest, Refugees, South and Central Asia, World news
Myanmar school strikes and a plane diverted to Minsk: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Colombia to China Continue reading.…
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Italy announces €222bn package – as it happened
We are closing this live blog now. You can stay up to date with all coronavirus developments below:See all our…
- Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and North Africa, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Syria, US military, US news, World news
Conflicts since start of US ‘war on terror’ have displaced 37m people – report
Study focuses on post-9/11 wars in which US initiated combat or took part in military operationsConflicts with…
- Engineering, Global development, India, Iraq, Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, Technology, World news
The good neighbour who wants to iron out the problems of the weekly wash
A low-tech washing machine offers a way to wash where there is limited access to power and running waterWith a…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Iran, Iraq, Islamic State, Middle East and North Africa, Nigeria, Syria, Taliban, UK security and counter-terrorism, World news
Opportunity or threat? How Islamic extremists are reacting to coronavirus
Groups such as Isis plan to exploit pandemic, but even it has acknowledged danger posed by virusCoronavirus – …