Middle East and North Africa
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Central Bank, Mosul museum and administration building taken during assault on western bank of Tigris river
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7 March 1962: The OAS (Secret Army Organisation) is attempting to prevent Algerian independence through a terrorist campaign
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A Save the Children study says Syria’s mental health crisis has reached a tipping point, and that severe distress among children could cause life-long damage
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Troops reported to have captured a bridge leading to the old city while aid agencies struggle to accommodate displaced people
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Former president sets up personal account on social media site that is blocked for ordinary Iranian citizens
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Spokeswoman for former British PM rubbishes reports after meeting with US president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner
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Amnesty International says hangings carried out in ‘secrecy without transparency’ are a ‘big step backwards’
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Don’t believe only bad things happen in Palestine...
Emma Graham-HarrisonBanksy’s Walled Off hotel and Yaqoub Shaheen’s Arab Idol victory offered good news to an area that sorely needs it -
Parents are withdrawing students from Khartoum’s University of Medical Sciences and Technology
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Islamist Benghazi defence militia hits Libya’s biggest oil port and biggest refinery in sharp escalation of civil war
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UN raises fears of chemical attack in Mosul as patients exhibit ‘severe signs associated with exposure to a blister agent’
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The Oscars fiasco, the eviction of settlers in the West Bank, the ongoing offensive in Mosul and Paris fashion week – the news of the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists
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Country restored capital punishment by hanging in 2014 after eight year moratorium on executions
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With an unflinching eye for poignant, even horrifying detail, David Rubinger’s images of Israel showed the chaos and humanity behind the headlines
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Wealthy western countries must do more to fight the heartbreaking devastation and hunger in my native country – we mustn’t wait for famine to be declared
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Escalation in the prime minister’s language comes as Peter Dutton says government may need to strengthen laws to prosecute returning foreign fighters
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The Nights of Zayandeh-rood, by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, was smuggled out of Iran and will be screened in London
Famine warning signs were clear – so why are 20 million lives now at risk?