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‘Asking for trouble’: Libyan soldiers sent home amid rape allegations
The debacle of Libyan soldiers accused of rape while on a training course near Cambridge symbolises the chaos of both post-revolutionary Libya and British policy.
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The debacle of Libyan soldiers accused of rape while on a training course near Cambridge symbolises the chaos of both post-revolutionary Libya and British policy.
The British government is committing one – yes, one – solitary “debriefer” to the Europe-wide effort to alleviate the worst refugee crisis in Europe since WWII.
World leaders back military measures to help defeat Islamic State fighters in Iraq – but make no mention of the tougher diplomatic challenge in Syria.
The second British hostage held by Islamic State militants is named as Alan Henning by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Libya’s rival factions are called Dawn and Dignity. But fighting means it has little chance of achieving the new dawn or the life of dignity the 2011 revolution promised.
Israel and Hamas accept Egyptian proposals for a long-term ceasefire following seven weeks of war and the loss of more than 2,000 lives.
A two-year-old child and a woman are killed in an Israeli airstrike as a week-long Gaza ceasefire crumbles – with Hamas blamed for firing the first rockets.
The advance of Islamic State extremists poses a “clear danger” to the future safety of Britain’s streets, David Cameron says as he explains his decision to arm Kurdish fighters.
Israel says it would not return to Egyptian-mediated ceasefire talks as long as Palestinian militants in Gaza keep up cross-border rocket and mortar fire.
Five Palestinians are killed in Gaza after more than 20 Israeli airstrikes as international efforts to agree an extended ceasefire are deadlocked.
A 10-year-old Palestinian is reportedly killed after Israeli military responded with air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday after militants launched rockets from the enclave.
I don’t have any answers, but anybody who thinks there can be anything “permanent” in the disorder thus created is crazy.
As Sayeeda Warsi announces her resignation as Foreign Office minister over the government’s policy on Gaza, FactCheck looks at what that policy might be.
The latest Gaza truce is holding so far. But Hamas and Israel accuse each of other of violating a series of ceasefires over four weeks. So why has every previous truce broken down?
Israel and Hamas enter a 72-hour truce mediated by Egypt with a view to encouraging negotiations on a more enduring end to the month-old Gaza war.