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Two suicide bombers kill 28 shoppers in first Baghdad strike in three years

Published: 6:58 AM
Shipwreck claims the lives of at least 43 migrants off the coast of Libya

Published: 1:30 AM

World leaders hail 'new dawn' under Biden as Chinese media says 'good riddance'

Leaders say Europe again has a friend in the White House as Chinese outlets hail end to Trump’s ‘toxic rhetoric’

Published: 11:44 PM
Syria's White Helmets awarded £920,000 to make PPE

Civil defence service has already made more than 2m masks, protective gowns and face shields

Published: 2:08 PM
'Kleptocrats' will try to block Libya elections, says UN envoy

Outgoing acting envoy Stephanie Williams also urges foreign powers to withdraw troops and mercenaries from country

Published: 6:48 AM
‘People are hungry’: why Tunisia's youth are taking to the streets

Unemployment – especially among the young – falling living standards and lockdowns have sparked riots across the country

Published: 2:15 AM

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About Some Meaningless Events review – attempted murder and the movies
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In this intriguing film, banned in the 70s, Mostafa Derkaoui grapples with the purpose of cinema on the streets of Casablanca

Published: 7:00 AM
Human rights in focus G4S migrant workers 'forced to pay millions' in illegal fees for jobs

UK-based security firm faces calls to repay charges made by recruitment agents for jobs in Gulf states and conflict zones

Published: 2:45 AM

50 ancient coffins uncovered at Egypt's Saqqara necropolis

Wooden sarcophagi discovered at site south of Cairo along with funerary temple of Queen Naert

Published: 8:31 AM
Unscrupulous and aggressive, Pompeo plans to be the next Trump – but smarter

Simon Tisdall

The secretary of state has laid political booby traps for Biden in a diplomatic onslaught – with the aim of winning the White House

Published: 4:15 AM

Published: 4:15 AM

'Grave military implications': Iran making uranium metal alarms Europe

Britain, France and Germany say Tehran has ‘no credible civilian use’ for fuel that it previously pledged not to produce

Published: 9:43 PM

Mahmoud Abbas announces first Palestinian elections in 15 years

Legislative polls to be held in May, presidential election set for July

Published: 8:52 PM
Australian professor and his son freed after being allegedly tortured in Qatar

Exclusive: Prof Lukman Thalib and son Ismail freed after being held in secret for five months

Published: 2:00 PM

Deadliest Israeli airstrikes on Syria in years kill 57, say observers

Raids on arms depots and military positions kill Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan fighters, says Observatory for Human Rights

Published: 11:38 AM

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