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Syria’s victims of the mathematics of global aid
What is wrong with us? While people and governments give generously to appeals for the victims of earthquakes and disease, they balk when it comes to those fleeing conflict.
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The most influential pro-Islamic State Twitter account to be followed by foreign jihadis – Shami Witness – is shut down after a Channel 4 News investigation uncovers the identity of the man behind it
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 905 militants from the Islamic State group have died while trying to capture the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani.
Foreign Secretary signs deal for expanded UK military presence in the Gulf, despite concerns over Bahrain’s human rights record.
Two British men who travelled to Syria to join rebel fighters have been jailed for 12 years and 8 months.
What is wrong with us? While people and governments give generously to appeals for the victims of earthquakes and disease, they balk when it comes to those fleeing conflict.
When the Islamic State captured hundreds of Iraqi soldiers in June, they were subjected to beatings, torture and execution. Only a handful escaped.
The Syrian regime says two months of US-led strikes have failed to weaken the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. Is it right – or are other motives at play?
If Andrew Lansley were to submit a CV for the top humanitarian role at the UN – which David Cameron is nominating him for – what would he write under “relevant experience”?
A chorus of concern is growing at the prospect of David Cameron’s former Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley being put forward for a senior humanitarian role at the United Nations.
As they protest the decision of their US colleagues to give a legacy award to Tony Blair, are the UK staff of Save The Children guilty of biting the hand that feeds them?
Bearing in mind Facebook moderators sometimes have trouble telling the difference between breastfeeding and porn, I reckon they’d struggle to distinguish angry boasts from genuine threats to life.
Facebook faces criticism for failing to act over an online chat in which one of Lee Rigby’s murderers discussed “killing a soldier” – but it is hardly the only route terrorists use to communicate.
A parliamentary inquiry slates a US internet company for failing to help prevent the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby. But is Facebook being blamed for intelligence service failures?
Will a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme lead to rapprochement between the US and the Islamic state after 35 years of enmity?
Security services are seeking to identify three jihadi fighters that burn their French passports and call on fellow French citizens to join them in Syria and Iraq.