Taliban holds talks with US envoy in Qatar
US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad held three days of talks with Taliban officials in efforts to end US’ longest war.
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Ukraine transgender rally disrupted by far-right militants
Far-right militants in Ukraine have disrupted a march by transgender activists in the capital Kiev.
Homesick jihadi bride has family link to John Cantlie kidnap
Reema Iqbal, who is pleading to come home from a Syrian prison camp, may not be the innocent she claims
Foreign Office failed us, say survivors of terrorist attacks
The British government and consulates leave victims ‘abandoned’, study finds.
Why is the Foreign Office being so un-Christian over Asia Bibi?
Our modern Foreign Office is immensely anxious to show how ethical it is.
Asia Bibi: British imams join calls for UK to give asylum
Three British imams have joined calls for the UK to offer asylum to Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman recently acquitted of blasphemy.
How not to solve Tunisia’s extremism problem
By silencing critics and expanding police powers, authorities are pushing Tunisian youths into extremism.
Three men guilty of Christmas Day terrorism plot in Melbourne
Men smile and give thumbs up as supreme court finds they conspired to target city landmarks in 2016.
CIA doctors considered using ‘truth serum’ on terror suspects
Medical staff was key to waterboarding and other interrogations following 9/11 attacks, newly declassified documents show.
Neo-Nazi couple found guilty of membership of banned terror group
Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas were members of National Action, banned in 2016
