Ankara has won some breathing room in Syria, having one month to persuade radical forces to give up their guns, leave Idlib, join a Turkish-backed rebel alliance or face a crushing assault by the Syrian regime supported by Russian forces.

Despite negative portrayals of President Erdogan, he has been successful in his recent diplomatic efforts.

Ankara is caught between two superpowers that are pursuing their own agendas in Syria, while its efforts to implement its own agenda there only seem to be growing more difficult with time.

Thousands of civilians are fleeing their homes in Idlib as the Syrian regime, backed by Russia, bombs the area ahead of a ground offensive.

The Iraqi Kurds are worried about the US-Iran rivalry in Iraq, as it will weaken their position in the country more than ever before.

Palestinian Jerusalemites hope that Jordan's announcement of a reduction in passport fees for them, and an easier application process, signal an effort by Amman to become more involved in defending their rights.

An Istanbul court was considering a prosecutor’s request to jail labor protesters who demanded better conditions and a safer workplace at the city’s new airport, due to open in six weeks. Officials have called them provocateurs seeking to sully one of Turkey’s grandest infrastructure projects.

A number of Iran's senior public sector workers are reportedly taking advantage of a new law that exempts highly disabled veterans from mandatory retirement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hammered out a deal on "demilitarizing" Idlib that both parties seem to be content with — yet serious political and military challenges persist.

“Music has logic, and anything can make a sound,” says Shady Rabab, who received a UN prize for addressing poverty and waste management in Egypt by making musical instruments from trash and training young people in a band.

Chief prosecutor announces inquiry into causes behind forced deportations of Rohingya from Myanmar to BangladeshThe chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) has announced she is launching a preliminary investigation into the deportations of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar into Bangladesh.Fatou Bensouda said in a written statement and video message on […]

Eleven Indians have died this month while cleaning sewers or septic tanks without adequate safety gearAt least one Indian worker has died while cleaning sewers or septic tanks every five days since the beginning of 2017, according to the first official government statistics on the work, considered one of country’s most insidious forms of caste […]

The France forward was so close to joining Liverpool he even conducted an interview with the club’s TV channel. On Wednesday, he lines up for Lyon against Manchester CityThe day after Nabil Fekir joined his France teammates and an estimated million supporters on the Champs-Élysées to show off the World Cup trophy, he was invited […]

American Sikhs have long born the brunt of bigotry and hate, but the recent surge is being called ‘the most dangerous ever’Surjit Malhi always imagined that violence against American Sikhs was something that happened to other people. Yes, he wears a turban, a long unshorn beard and bright clothing, which mark him out as different […]

The Arsenal chief executive is departing after nearly a decade and says he is energised by a move to Milan. Did he decide the gap to the top at the Emirates was too big?Ivan Gazidis loves to talk about process, about journeys, about minutiae and he was in his element when he briefed a group […]

UK prime minister says EU negotiator is making unacceptable demandsTheresa May has launched an attack in the German media on criticisms tabled by Michel Barnier of her Chequers proposals, claiming the EU negotiator’s arguments are out of step with reality and make unacceptable demands on the British government.Ahead of an address to European leaders at […]

Martín Vizcarra tries to reboot stalled measures as fight against corruption dominates South American politicsPeru’s president has launched a high-stakes gamble to push through stalled anti-corruption measures, challenging the opposition-dominated congress to back the reform or face fresh elections.Martín Vizcarra invoked a constitutional procedure which could allow him to dissolve the chamber and call new […]

The Guardian meets members of the second largest community of British immigrants, who share their concerns ahead of looming Brexit in an uncertain climateRomanians recently overtook the Irish and Indians as the second biggest immigrant community in the UK, but they are among the most vulnerable in the country after Brexit, according to a leading […]

The leaders of North and South Korea, Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in, have met at a historic summit in Pyongyang Continue reading...

Eddie Ndopu defied expectations as the first African with a disability to graduate from Oxford. Now he wants to be the first wheelchair user in spaceEddie Ndopu was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy when he was two. His mother was told he wouldn’t live past five. But he defied the doctors and now aged 27 […]