Middle East and North Africa
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A statue showing a soldier embracing a woman, meant to represent Egypt, will be changed after complaints
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Hopes for the salt lake’s survival have been revived after rainfall boosted a government programme aimed at preserving it before it dries up
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A Washington thinktank report claims a joint commission in Vienna deal allowed Iran to keep more than the agreed upon enriched uranium
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A documentary about the US journalist killed by Islamic State is a touching tribute, though it’s the footage shot by Foley that shows the full horror of the Syrian war
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As I Open My Eyes tells the story of a Tunis band and the Ben Ali regime. But even after the Arab spring, the region’s youth are still waiting for freedom, says its director, Leyla Bouzid
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Letters: We cannot deprive people of aid because there is pressure to disengage from a party to the conflict
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Sydney man who helped seven ‘players’ to travel to conflict zone is the first to be prosecuted under foreign incursion laws
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World watchdog says international coalition removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic substances at request of Tripoli unity government
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Group’s chief propagandist has been killed by suspected US airstrike, but the ideology he helped spread will be harder to defeat
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Aid workers say counselling and treatment is transforming lives of young refugees and tackling a hidden crisis
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Noted anthropologist Dr Homa Hoodfar was arrested and imprisoned on 6 June in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison and her health has rapidly declined since
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Islamic State news agency reports its spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani was killed surveying operations in Aleppo
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Editorial: President Assad’s regime has forced agencies to make painful choices. What have they got to show for them?
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Letters: We call on the UK government, the UN and the international community to be resolute in their commitment to investigating both the use, and users, of chemical weapons in Syria
Voices above the chaos: female war poets from the Middle East