Middle East and North Africa
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Diplomatic role for Sheikh Walid Juffali – facing divorce proceedings in UK – was ‘entirely artificial construct’, says judge
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Assad regime refuses to engage in detailed talks as it continues to starve Syrians into submission, opposition negotiator says
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With Barack Obama on his way to a changing Cuba, the left is fast running out of countries to revere
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Ambulances under heavy gunfire as they try to reach wounded, sources say, before soldiers kill five militants
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A US official says soldier was stationed at the Makhmour base outside Mosul; soldier was part of US-led coalition fighting Isis
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At least 19 dead and 25 injured after bus carrying 43 Egyptians overturned on road between Medina and Mecca
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Editorial: Governments and voters worry about the effects of migration but in the end it is the refugees who must always matter most in a refugee crisis
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The 18-year-old is hoping to make the IOC’s Refugee Olympic Athletes team only a year after she was swimming for her life in the Aegean Sea to escape war
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Agreement means all those arriving in Greece from Sunday can expect to be returned to Turkey
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Tank and artillery commanders decorated in Moscow despite Kremlin previously insisting only air force took part in fighting
Assad's presidency not up for discussion, Syrian government negotiators say