Egypt vs Israel: How a snubbed handshake at Rio 2016 shone a light on a complicated friendship
Egypt's leaders' tolerance of Israel has rarely been reflected on the Egyptian street.
Muslim separatists and anti-military forces in the frame as bomb blasts hit Thai tourist hot spots
Attacks come just days after the military won a referendum which strengthens its grip on power.
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr: Saudi Arabia holding Shia leader's body eight months after execution
Mohammed al-Nimr says the authorities have buried his pro-democracy father but won't reveal where.
Could 'Australia's Abu Ghraib' force a new focus on Aboriginal rights?
Critics say that indigenous Australians have been complaining of rights abuses for decades
Saudi Arabia could be about to behead and crucify Ali Mohammed al-Nimr
Activists say pro-Saudi sources have alluded that al-Nimr's and other Shia prisoners' executions could be imminent
France picks up the pieces as Bastille Day attack brings bloodshed and chaos to Nice
Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel killed 84 people in a brutal attack on a 30,000-strong crowd in southern France.
Theresa May cabinet reshuffle as it happened: Gove, Morgan, Whittingdale and Letwin sacked
Some of Tory party's biggest names lost their jobs as PM appointed her first cabinet.
Who are the advisers that could be joining Theresa May in Downing Street?
May is known to have a small but fiercely loyal band of advisers.
Theresa May: Where does Britain's incoming prime minister stand on foreign policy?
May has never rebelled from the Conservative Party line on foreign affairs.
Chilcot report condemns Tony Blair's rush to war when Saddam Hussein was 'not an imminent threat'
Sir John Chilcot presented a damning indictment of the British case for the 2003 Iraq invasion.
Chilcot report: We owe a debt to Iraq - Britain's failures helped cause the mess the country is in today
In the 13 years since UK and US ousted Saddam Hussein, Iraq remains a byword for destruction and death.
Chilcot: 'Blair cannot be allowed to walk away to his millions' says mother whose son was killed in Iraq
Valerie O'Neill's son Kris was killed in an IED attack in 2007.
Brexit: Paris and Frankfurt tout for London business amid uncertainty over Britain's future in the EU
Paris took out an advert in the Financial Times urging businesses to consider the French capital.
Theresa May, Stephen Crabb and Michael Gove: Who are the Conservatives fighting to replace David Cameron?
Liam Fox and Andrea Leadsom are also in the running - Boris Johnson is out
Dan Jarvis, Tom Watson or Chuka Umunna: Who could replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader?
Other candidates include David Miliband and Angela Eagle, while John McDonnell has ruled himself out.
Labour in crisis: Jeremy Corbyn 'not going anywhere' says ally John McDonnell
McDonnell also ruled out running as Labour leader if Corbyn was forced out
Labour in crisis: Corbyn 'not a leader and should stand down' says sacked Hilary Benn
The shadow foreign secretary was sacked by Corbyn early on Sunday morning.
Brexit aftermath as it happened: Labour in crisis as Jeremy Corbyn rocked by shadow cabinet resignations
Labour leader saw resignations of a third of his shadow cabinet after Brexit vote
Brexit aftermath: Jeremy Corbyn faces shadow cabinet resignations after Hilary Benn sacking
The Labour leader is blamed for not campaigning hard enough for Remain.
Brexit as it happened: Leave vote leads to David Cameron resignation as Jeremy Corbyn faced calls to quit
Prime minister makes emotional speech at Downing Street announcing he will step down in October.
Brexit as it happened: Britain has officially voted to leave the EU
Leave has secured more than 13 million votes
Lebanon is broken – is Hezbollah to blame?
Political stalemate, economic downturn and the Syria war refugee crisis has left the country reeling.
World Refugee Day: Palestinians who fled Syria eye Europe over fears they have nothing to go back to
Many Palestinians who were forced out of Israel in 1948 have been exiles from Syria too.
World Refugee Day: 'It's time they went home' say Lebanese as Syrians push country to brink
Lebanese say that Syrians are taking jobs, pushing down wages and stretching already-crumbling infrastructure
Denmark: Why angry young Danes have swapped dealing drugs for waging jihad
Copenhagen shooter Omar el-Hussein was a petty criminal before he turned to radical Islam
Denmark: Asylum seekers learn to be Danish as they wait to hear whether they will be sent home
Arrivals have to work and study while waiting to see if asylum claims are successful.
Denmark: How the refugee crisis caused Europe's liberal darling to lose its way
Denmark has introduced tough new measures to curb flows of immigration.
Generation Trump: How Donald Trump became the populist leader the Tea Party never had
Trump is just the latest in a line of contrarian and populist figures on the radical right.
Generation Trump: How Donald Trump's message reached beyond America's 'angry white men'
Billionaire's anti-immigration stance has resonated with American voters who feel left behind
The Myth of Meritocracy review: James Bloodworth on why working class kids get working class jobs
New book shows why poor Britons have no chance of breaking into the country's elite.