Middle East and North Africa
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Goal of new order is to bolster original initiative against legal and constitutional scrutiny, rather than revise it in a substantive fashion, say sources
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The stories that have left a mark on me are those about real life, says the Guardian’s correspondent in Turkey. So it’s essential to speak the language
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Study commissioned by Médecins Sans Frontières appears to show Russia, working with Syria, carried out February 2016 attack that killed 25 people
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Editorial: The US president’s ditching of the commitment to a two-state solution may not be part of a calculated strategy. That is all the more alarming
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Nikki Haley said US upholds longstanding policy on Israeli-Palestine conflict, as French foreign minister finds Rex Tillerson’s proposal ‘confusing and worrying’
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A large car bomb has killed tens of people and injured many more in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday
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Letters: The only reason for Israel and the US to support the idea of two states has been to maintain the Jewish exclusivity of Israel
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According to Houthi insurgents and medical officials five bodies were recovered from the scene, mostly women, and that the toll was likely to rise
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Meeting between the US, France, Britain, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and others seen as opportunity to properly gauge American position
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Donald Trump asked the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to ‘hold back’ on settlements, during a joint news conference at the White House
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Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril among players to pull out of week-long trip to Israel, in embarrassing blow to tour’s organisers
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The Israeli prime minister has echoed the US president’s view that there will be ‘no daylight’ between them on issues such as settlements and the Iran deal
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The Salesman director Asghar Farhadi, who was hit by ban, says Trafalgar Square event on Oscars night is ‘symbolic of unity’
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Pictures showing majority female Swedish delegation in hijab highlights Hassan Rouhani’s broken campaign promises to Iran’s women
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Selection of 55-year-old who rejects any reconciliation with Israel appears to end Islamist group’s internal struggle
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A dispute over Nubian lands that are to be sold off to investors exposes tension between government development plans and rights of the ethnic group
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Spineless world leaders have failed to implement international law, stopping the expansion of Israeli settlements
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Fifty years after Forough Farrokhzad’s death, Ebrahim Golestan talks about his affair with the giant of Persian literature
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Campaigners say tens of millions in urgent need in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia are in hands of an overwhelmed, outdated humanitarian network
The Middle East 'peace process' was a myth. Donald Trump ended it