UAE warns Israeli annexation of West Bank would cross a 'red line'
Mark Davis
Deadly protests in Sudan enter a ninth consecutive day
Dozens of people, including children, have been killed as Sudanese security forces try to stifle street protests that are ostensibly about high prices but whose roots lie much deeper.
Anger in Spain after MPs snub tribute to murdered female jogger
The case of Laura Luelmo has fed the online and real-life debate over violence committed against women
How can we change the way we teach in schools?
Although much has changed technology-wise since the dawn of the new millennium, the way young people are taught in schools has remained something of a constant. Isn't it about time the education system was tweaked for the modern age?
Freedom of expression "at lowest point for 10 years", says report
Right to freedom of expression is being eroded across the world, according to newly-published study
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Court ruling rekindles Spanish anger over the definition of 'rape'
An appeals court upheld a ruling that non-consensual group sex was 'sexual assault' and not 'rape'
EU Health report: we're living longer but the pay-gap and mental health still cause for concern
The biennial OECD/European Commission report puts a focus on mental health issues and efficiency savings
Royal Game of Ur: the ancient boardgame making a comeback in Iraq
Once played by Egyptian Pharaohs and Mesopotamian Kings, the Royal Game of Ur is given a new lease of life in Iraq.
Kings of Lyon: Atletico Madrid beat Marseille in Europa League final
Man-of-the-match Griezmann strikes twice for Atletico while Marseille lost captain Payet to injury after 30 minutes
Why Clinton needs the Obamas now more than ever
Barack and Michelle Obama are as popular as ever and Hillary Clinton is surfing that wave
Polls roll for Clinton, "Polls Schmolls" says Trump
So there are just two weeks left until the results of the US presidential election will be known but already we have a good idea of who will win.
Just how crucial are the US presidential TV debates?
The televised debates, which get under way on Monday night, are just the latest episodes in the seemingly never-ending soap opera that is the US Presidential Election…
Syrian ceasefire still alive but not solid enough for aid to get through
Sporadic shelling continues in eastern suburbs of Damascus but a fragile truce between government forces and rebels in Syria is still holding – just.
Fertility Day? "Go Forth and Multiply!" say Italians
A government campaign to boost the slowing fertility rate in Italy has met with a chorus of criticism from those who say it is offensive and ignorant of the problems it is trying to…
The quite different states of emergency in France and Turkey
The extraordinary recent events in Turkey and France have led the governments of both countries to declare and extend, respectively, extraordinary measures: a national state of…
How Making a Murderer has been making people mad
SPOILER ALERT: this article contains details that may reveal the outcome of Making a Murderer. Eating and drinking have not been my only excesses
Bulgarian nationalist leader arrested for hooliganism
The leader of Bulgaria’s nationalist Attack Party has been arrested along with a party colleague after the latest in a series of highly publicised
Italy arrests Mafia suspects after cracking Cosa Nostra's secret code words
Italian police have arrested 11 suspects linked to the fugitive mafia boss of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra, after cracking a secret sheep-farming code for
The students who are changing children's lives with 3D-printed limbs
Six-year-old Brazilian boy Paulo Costa Boa Nova was born with a genetic defect that left him without part of his right arm. But now, thanks to a
New hand luggage guidelines explained
Light, quiet and emission free: the 'plug-in plane' flying at the Paris Air Show
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