After a fire destroyed many of the iconic props of Egyptian cinema, prop master Abbas Saber appeals to Cairo to help put what remains in a museum.

Following an open letter of international artists to The Guardian against the holding of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Israel, Palestine steps up rhetoric against the song contest.

Israeli politicians are demanding investigations into which 'senior Israeli official' appears to have close ties to the Kremlin and was apparently involved in an effort by the former American lobbyist Paul Manafort to smear a Ukrainian politician as anti-Semitic.

India is well-versed in the game of balancing ties with Iran and the United States and is set to use the current situation over sanctions to promote logistical cooperation with Tehran while limiting oil imports from Iran.

For the first time, Al-Azhar’s newspaper published the photos of unveiled women on the front page of an edition devoted to women's issues.

While the devaluation of the rial has had a negative impact on Iranian society, it has the potential to help key economic players — including the government and the Central Bank — to gain a new and sustainable balance in their finances.

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.

Trump hails ‘tremendous progress’ as analysts warn the two leaders have different ideas of what denuclearization entailsThe US has said it is ready to “immediately” restart stalled negotiations with North Korea about nuclear disarmament in light of agreements reached at a summit of the two Koreas in Pyongyang.At that meeting, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un […]

Pep Guardiola confessed before this game to becoming frustrated at Manchester City’s inability to do the simple things well. He will be closer to furious now that his side have lost ground in the Champions League with their most inept performance of the season, the English champions being made to look amateurish at times by […]

Woman in Galway and man in County Down die during first named storm of seasonTwo people have died and several others have required hospital treatment as Storm Ali swept across the north of Ireland, central Scotland and northern England on Wednesday with winds of over 100mph.Throughout the day, thousands were left without power, or facing […]

The mental edge José Mourinho praised in the build-up was evident in a Manchester United victory which must surely be the template for the season.Fast, cold-eyed and a concerted unit: these were the key components in how the visitors downed Young Boys on an artificial pitch flagged up as awkward but which proved a slick […]

President says Christine Blasey Ford deserves to be heard but continues to defend his nominee as an ‘outstanding man’Donald Trump has said it would be “very hard” to imagine that anything happened between his supreme court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused him of sexual assault decades ago. Related: […]

Many South Koreans want an improved North-South relationship. But if Moon improves that relationship without denuclearization progress, it could cause a rift with WashingtonImagine you are the president of South Korea. Your country relies on its alliance with the United States as a deterrent against a nuclear-armed North Korea. Donald Trump criticizes your country over […]

Writer and academic steps down after publishing and defending Jian Ghomeshi piece deemed to be at odds with spirit of #MeTooIan Buruma, the writer and academic, has stepped down from the editorship of the New York Review of Books after only 16 months, after he caused outrage by publishing and defending an essay widely deemed […]

The South American nation produced a record estimated 1,379 tonnes of cocaine last year – up 31% on 2016Colombia is desperate to shed its reputation as a nation dogged by the drug trade, but new figures from the United Nations show that it continues to break records for producing cocaine.In 2017, around 171,000 hectares (423,000 […]

Spanish foreign minister says US president advised tactic to stem migration across the MedDonald Trump suggested the Spanish government tackled the Mediterranean migration crisis by emulating one of his most famous policies and building a wall across the Sahara desert, the country’s foreign minister has revealed.According to Josep Borrell, the US president brushed off the […]

Professor who accused the supreme court nominee of sexual assault has been forced out of her home by threats, lawyers sayBefore she chose to go public with her story, Christine Blasey Ford was best known as a university professor, who lived in Palo Alto, California, with her husband and two teenage sons.Now, the woman who […]