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Ancient Yazidi culture faces attempted genocide – again
Heirs to a fascinating and idiosnycratic religion, the Yazidi community of Iraq has faced countless attempts at oppression, but its current plight could be the most dangerous yet.
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Heirs to a fascinating and idiosnycratic religion, the Yazidi community of Iraq has faced countless attempts at oppression, but its current plight could be the most dangerous yet.
Four days after the downing of flight MH17 this remains the biggest crime scene in the world, with the suspected criminals in charge of guarding it. That is one of the many astonishing facts about this unspeakable tragedy. Today has been a story of glaring absences. First there is the absence of the dozens of…
Residents in the areas of Iraq conquered by the extremist Isis militant group are issued a set of repressive rules about how they must behave.
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Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s opposition leader, is sipping tea in a London hotel and quoting Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade, at me.
The third week of the hunt for flight 370 begins with another sighting of what may or may not turn out to be wreckage.
Investigators searching for Malaysia Airline’s flight MH370 say they have “no corroboration yet” that two objects spotted in the Indian Ocean have come from the missing plane.
Two grainy satellite images that may or may not be wreckage from missing flight MH370 could be our strongest lead so far in the search for the plane. There’s a compelling reason why.
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The anger that saw thousands protest in Turkey last year resurfaces as a funeral is held for a teenage boy who was killed with a CS gas canister.
French President Francois Hollande’s troubles provide an opportunity for his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, who is reportedly preparing for a comeback with his teams in place.
He may be a talented politician, but the more vindictive Mr Erdogan becomes in response to ongoing corruption allegations, the weaker he may begin to look.
If you are stuck in a warzone like Syria and have the means, luck and courage to get out, then Sweden is not only the polar opposite to the country you’re running from – it is also the country most likely to welcome you.
As Britain and other countries try to persuade Syria’s fractured opposition to attend peace talks in Geneva, the main western-backed group signals that it may not be going.
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