“We’re going to see death on a large scale”: Afghanistan under the Taliban this winter, with John Simpson
Afghanistan faces a humanitarian disaster, and the West must take some of the blame.
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How a Hezbollah-backed game show host cost Lebanon its rich Gulf allies
George Kordahi’s remarks enraged the Saudis, and ordinary Lebanese are paying the price.
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How strongmen cling to power
Authoritarian leaders around the world are strengthening their rule. Can anyone topple them?
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Why does the UK owe Iran £400m and will it pay the debt?
The UK’s non-payment of the debt has become the main obstacle to the release of detained British national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
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Richard Ratcliffe on his hunger strike: “It’s important she knows that I’m there for her.”
The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on why he is starving himself and his message to Boris Johnson.
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The massive challenge of climate action in oil-dependent Iraq
Oil provides 90 per cent of Iraq’s revenue. Even as farmland dries up, fractured governance makes reform seem almost impossible.
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Why the Age of Impunity endangers us all
State and non-state actors behave as though the rules don't apply to them, and civilians are paying the price.
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IUCN’s Al Mubarak: the conservation leader who says we can work with oil majors
While campaigners call for a ban on fossil fuel sponsorship, the head of the planet's biggest nature network takes a…
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