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Our writer felt like a tourist in her own home city, London. Getty Images
Lost in London: A Briton's struggle to survive her ‘home’ city

Navigating any place is a skill, and without practicing you lose it. But what happens when you no longer know how to "do" the city you come from?

September 07, 2019
Afghan children look out from a broken window at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, as the US and the Taliban near a peace deal. Reuters
US-Taliban peace deal: what has been agreed so far?

The US and Taliban are close to finalising a deal to end 18 years of conflict amid a wave of violence in Afghanistan

AsiaSeptember 03, 2019
Protesters chant slogans as they hold Syrian revolutionary flags during a demonstration at the Bab Al Hawa border crossing between Turkey and Syria. AP
Syrians protest Turkey's inaction on Idlib and storm border

Demonstrators marched on the Bab Al Hawa border crossing demanding that Turkey either open the border or do more to end attacks by Syria's government forces

August 31, 2019
A crew member checks the new name of Iranian oil tanker Grace 1, which the United States sanctioned on Friday for being linked to terrrist activites. AFP
US sanctions Iran's Grace 1 tanker and its captain

An executive order identifies the vessel as 'blocked property' and captain Kumar Akhilesh has been designated a Specially Recognised Global Terrorist.

August 31, 2019
Turkish police walk in front of the Metropolitan Municipality headquarters in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on Monday. Reuters
Turkey removes elected pro-Kurdish mayors and arrests over 400

The mayors of Diyarbakir, Van and Mardin have been replaced with state-appointed governors after being accused of supporting the PKK

EuropeAugust 19, 2019
A student gets emotional after receiving her A-level exam results in Birmingham, UK. Reuters
Disappointing A-level results? The real test is how you move on

Students will place huge importance on their exam grades, but it need not be a defining moment

EducationAugust 15, 2019
President Hassan Rouhani, left, speaks as he is accompanied by the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, on a visit to the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. AP
Iran uranium enrichment: why does the nuclear deal limit matter?

Iran has announced that it is to produce 5 per cent enriched uranium in the second breach of the 2015 nuclear deal — but what does that mean?

July 08, 2019
Turks celebrate the victory of Ekrem Imamoglu, who beat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's candidate Binali Yildirim in Sunday's Istanbul mayoral election rerun. Getty
Istanbul election: what does the loss mean for President Erdogan?

The ruling party's loss of Turkey's economic heartland, even after demanding a rerun, could mark a turning point in Turkish politics

WorldJune 24, 2019
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, stands for a photograph with his sons, the grooms, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed, Chairman of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation. Courtesy Dubai Media Office
'Joy of Eid is complete': UAE Rulers attend royal wedding

UAE Rulers and VIPs attend royal wedding at Dubai World Trade Centre

UAEJune 07, 2019
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to supporters AFP
India will not invite Pakistan to Modi swearing-in ceremony

A former Pakistani prime minister attended Modi’s first inauguration, in 2014

WorldMay 28, 2019
Razeena Kukkady, 58, is understood to have died in a bomb blast at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo.
Mother-of-two from Dubai killed in Sri Lanka bomb blasts

Razeena Kukkady, 58, is understood to have been on holiday with her husband in Colombo when attackers struck

UAEApril 21, 2019
A relative of a Sri Lankan victim of an explosion at a church weeps outside a hospital in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka. AFP
UAE Sri Lankans: Easter bombings are 'the work of hatred'

Residents scramble for news on the safety of loved ones following devastating Easter Sunday attack

UAEApril 21, 2019
Supporters of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu wave Turkish national flags during a gathering in Istanbul amid calls for a rerun. Reuters
Erdogan says Istanbul mayoral vote should be cancelled

An AKP spokesman has demanded a rerun in an election that President Erdogan claims was unfair due to 'organised crime'

WorldApril 10, 2019
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to members of the media regarding the local elections in Istanbul on Monday. AP
Erdogan: Istanbul vote recount needed owing to organised crime

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the margin was too small for the opposition to claim victory in the mayoral contest

WorldApril 08, 2019
AKP candidate Binali Yildirim is behind in the polls. EPA
Turkey elections: AKP to request full Istanbul vote recount

The ruling party previously requested a recount of invalid votes, but was still behind with over 70 per cent completed

WorldApril 07, 2019
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