Middle East and North Africa
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British suicide bombing suspect wasn't being tracked by UK intelligenceFormer Guantánamo detainee Jamal al-Harith was able to travel to Iraq because he was not considered a major security threat
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Isis suicide bomber ‘was Briton freed from Guantánamo’Family identifies Jamal al-Harith, paid £1m compensation by UK government, as man Islamic State says was behind Mosul attack
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Turnbull rebukes Israel critics ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu visitAustralian PM criticises those who supported UN resolution condemning Israel’s controversial settlements program in the West Bank and East Jerusalem
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UK risks legitimising Sudan's rights abuses with migration talks, MPs warnDialogue with Sudan to tackle migrant numbers is putting UK and EU’s reputation for championing human rights at risk, says parliamentary committee
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Bodies of dozens of people wash ashore in western LibyaBodies were discovered on coast of city of Zawiya, says Red Crescent, and coastguard says engine was removed from boat
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Rockets fired into southern Israel from Egypt's SinaiNo casualties as two handmade rockets land in Eshkol region day after Isis claims four members were killed by Israeli drone
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There are reasons to be cheerful ... LGBTI rights gains in unlikely countriesIraq, Tunisia and Lebanon are three countries that have recently made progressive steps forward in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex human rights
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The migrant slave trade is booming in Libya. Why is the world ignoring it?I’ve seen the dangerous route to Europe through Libya, with thousands of people at the mercy of cruelty for profit. But our leaders prefer to keep them there
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Global arms trade reaches highest point since cold war eraMiddle East almost doubles weapons imports, as US and Europe remain the main suppliers and China joins top-tier exporters
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Suicide bomber kills dozens at market in SomaliaBlast in Mogadishu comes less than a fortnight after election of new president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
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Prominent Australians write open letter opposing Benjamin Netanyahu's visitIsrael’s prime minister will be its first serving PM to visit Australia but he is expected to face protests
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UN says civilians at extreme risk as west Mosul offensive beginsEarly advances by Iraqi forces meet limited resistance but Isis thought to have prepared ambush points in urban centre
Why it was right to release Jamal al-Harith in 2004