Middle East and North Africa
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David Cameron, Angela Merkel and François Hollande will ask Russian president to do more to uphold shaky truce
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Legal doubts and human rights outcry after Israeli PM threatens to punish relatives over wave of stabbings, car ramming and shootings
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Syrians, Iraqis and Kurds plead with guards to be let into Macedonia, as bottleneck of 10,000 migrants in tents keeps building
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American officials have been interrogating the militant since seizing him in a raid last month as part of a new expeditionary targeting force in the country
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Kurdish town likened to Kobani as locals return to find bodies and gutted homes after Turkish army kills hundreds of militants
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Editorial: There are more and more refugees at Europe’s gates, but teargas and barbed wire are not the answer
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UN special envoy sets 9 March start date in sign of confidence that cessation of hostilities agreement is just about holding
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Not long ago, Turkey seemed optimistic about the future. But after clampdowns by strongman president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the rise of fanaticism and the Syrian war breaking out on its doorstep, the country is bitterly divided
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Palestinian killed during rescue of two soldiers who mistakenly entered refugee camp while using Waze navigation app
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Iran’s elections have given moderates a boost – but not a free hand
Dina Esfandiary and Ariane Tabatabai
A creaky dam in Mosul is the latest weapon in US anti-Isis propaganda