Without help for oil-producing countries, net zero by 2050 is a distant dream

In the Middle East and north Africa, global warming is not a distant threat, but an already painful reality. Rising temperatures are exacerbating water shortages...

Protests rage around the world – but what comes next?

Unrest is seemingly everywhere. We look at the some of the reasons for and responses to it in Hong Kong, Lebanon, Chile, Catalonia and Iraq

Qatar rejects deadline demands, saying it does not fear military action

Foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani rejects demands from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates

Bahrain detains rights activist as UN official criticises repression

Raid on home of Nabeel Rajab coincides with UN meeting in Geneva that other activists were barred from attending

Egypt's president under fire over Red Sea islands transfer to Saudi Arabia

Abel Fatah al-Sisi signed deal to hand over Tiran and Sanafir, which Cairo has controlled since 1950

Isis propaganda should be ignored by media outlets, say researchers

Lowy Institute research into the group’s manipulation of western media argues Isis’s slick footage should clearly be tagged as propaganda in TV broadcasts

Iraqis take a bite out of (no chocolate) cleric

Sheikh Jalaleddin al-Saghir is mocked on social media for attacking people who spend their money on (unnecessary) chocolate bars

Post-war Iraq: “Everybody is corrupt, from top to bottom. Including me”