Middle East and North Africa
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An emaciated tiger, ostrich and pelican are among the last remaining inhabitants of the zoo, in which 200 animals have died due to war and poverty
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Editorial: The press in Turkey is under attack from a government that can’t cope with criticism
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Authorities say Hamas provided training and explosives for cell that assassinated Hisham Barakat last year
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Explosives-laden fuel truck driven into security checkpoint at Hillah, 60 miles south of Baghdad
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Syria, migration, terrorism: the EU’s leaders seem helpless in the face of these interrelated crises. Yet there is a political solution – and it begins with Turkey
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Al-Turabi was an avid supporter of jihadists and Sharia law who called the US the ‘incarnation of the devil’
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Booker prize winner Richard Flanagan visits Lebanon, Greece and Serbia to report on the plight of the 5 million Syrians fleeing their country. ‘Forced to choose between life and death,’ he writes, ‘they choose life’
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Turkey and EU agree outline of 'one in, one out' deal over Syria refugee crisis