US President’s speech gives a green-light to authoritarian regimes in the Middle East to carry on torturing and oppressing minorities

Trump and Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman are the most dangerous men in the world – and they’re meeting next week

The US is choosing to support its Kurdish ally in Syria, in defiance of Turkey, whose aim is to prevent the establishment of a quasi-independent Kurdish state there

Suddenly the world is full of leaders from Theresa May to President Erdogan of Turkey claiming to unite their countries while visibly deepening their divisions

America’s political, economic and ideological power is declining, so it’s turning to military power to keep its world status

The old asylum system was dismantled but nothing was put in its place to care for people unable to look after themselves who are a potential danger to themselves and others

Turkey is surrounded by many actual or potential enemies – Syrian, Kurdish, Iranian, Russian – who see how easy it will be to exploit and exacerbate the country’s deep divisions

It’s time America explored how to end the wars it has helped cause since 2001, rather than dropping more bombs

Erdogan’s track record of imprisoning and silencing dissidents makes a mockery of the electoral system, which may be about to give him unprecedented power

People trapped in the Old City of Mosul are dying of hunger because they have not received any food for almost three weeks