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One of the top figures in the middle east, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed in a US airstrike. Who was he and why is his death so critical for the relationship between the US and Iran?
Labour leader says British government should "stand up" to United States.
As the UK elects another Tory government, I shudder at what’s in store for the United States, journalist Jennifer Neal writes.
Divided, we will perish. United we have a fighting chance to address our climate emergency, write Ban Ki-moon and Patrick Verkooijen.
By confusing “America first” with “everybody else last”, Trump is jeopardising stability, former presidential advisor Dane Waters writes.
President Donald Trump announced that fugitive ISIS founder and leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, died in a raid by U.S. special forces in Syria. Additionally whilst taking questions, he remarked on his early suspicions about Osama Bin Laden ahead of the attacks on the World Trade Centre in 2001.
Critics say the US has betrayed the Kurds by pulling back in the face of Turkey’s invasion.
Saudi stocks fell sharply on Sunday after drone attacks on two oil plants knocked out more than half of Saudi crude oil output -- more than 5% of the world's crude supply.
By far the greatest devastation caused by the hurricane Dorian was in the Bahamas, destroying thousands of homes and killing 44. People continue to leave the island as officials try to reach still isolated by flooding and debris. The hurricane has since carved a path through North Carolina in the US and torn up parts of eastern Canada.
An Oklahoma judge has found Johnson & Johnson liable for fuelling an opioid epidemic in the state by deceptively marketing painkillers and ordered the drugmaker to pay damages of $572 million.