Faisal Al Yafai

There is a danger the candidate that has Democrats talking is too similar to her predecessors

In 2019, elections in Algeria, Israel and Tunisia offer opportunities for pivotal change

What political aspirations of autonomy they can extract will depend in significant part on what Ankara will allow – a dire turnaround for the Kurds, who pinned hopes on autonomy

Amid a rising national tendency towards mixing faith and politics, Joko Widodo has chosen a well-known cleric to stand for election alongside him

The nation's institutions are functioning as a result of hard choices, both good and bad, made by people with real power

Multilateralism is in crisis with the leaders of three of the most powerful countries in the world undermining its principles

A decade on, none of the perpetrators of the attacks that killed 166 people have been brought to trial

The competing desires of France and Italy to unify this embattled nation are fuelled by deep rivalries and two very different visions of what Europe should be

Previously the Kurds' closest ally, America has recently made significant concessions to Ankara, which may betray its long-term strategy

Narratives about displaced people are too often based on the threat they pose to national stability. It would be better to consider what we can do to help

Western powers have been completely outmanoeuvred by Russia and the Assad regime, which will never allow the opposition to have a real voice

The US has vowed not to pull out of the conflict until the last Iranian soldier goes home – but that could be trickier than it appears

The clock is ticking on an all-out assault on the province, with Hayat Tahrir Al Sham's refusal to comply with the deal bringing fears of an attack costing thousands of lives

Still, the Turkish president has one talking point that's sure to win him friends overseas

Walid Al Muallem's words to the UN were defiant, confrontational and exactly what we should expect from the Assad regime