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As Libya falls further into chaos, the US has agreed to back the new government’s request to lift an arms embargo against it.
Up in arms.
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Moves to criminalise sex work are facing tough opposition from those in the industry.
The Iraqi army is in increasing need of the US’s help.
EPA/Nawras Aamer
The Obama administration likes to say it won’t put “boots on the ground” in Iraq – but that’s increasingly at odds with reality.
Face blind or super-recogniser?
Gunter Loffler
As many as one in 50 people are face blind, meaning they can’t tell one face from another.
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The cost of cancer drugs is killing patients and it needs to stop
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News from Syria that the ancient town has been taken back from Islamic State is good news – but especially for Putin and Assad.
How much?
Reuters/Stefan Wermuth
British-made weapons are still finding their way into the wrong hands. Doesn’t parliament have a responsibility to stop that happening?
Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier
Twelve years after George W Bush proclaimed a new era of peace and stability in Iraq, the Middle East is more unstable and dangerous than ever before.
Iraq has been fraying for decades.
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Attempts to build a nation out of Iraq have failed spectacularly. Why is everyone still so intent on keeping it together?
We’re just cleaning it, promise.
EPA/Andy Rain
The true scale of the war against IS has gone largely unremarked on – until now.
Iraqi forces liberate Tikrit.
EPA/Ali Mohammed
The US president admits he has no ‘complete strategy’ for Islamic State. He’ll need one – this lot are no pushover.
Displaced Iraqis flee Ramadi as Islamic State forces advance.
EPA/Ahmed Jalil
With the war in Iraq and Syria going nowhere, the US has tried to spin a botched attempt to capture an IS leader as a success.
Who has taken a seat?
Rob Deutscher
The Conversation’s hot seats series looked at the key marginals. Our panel of experts take a look at the results.
Yes, the environment can be a vote winnner.
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Labour leader didn’t bash Cameron as hard as predicted on Libya.
Smokescreen? A Saudi air strike in Sanaa.
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Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen has had unclear strategic consequences and a terrible humanitarian cost. But does anyone believe it’s really over?
Seasoned campaigner.
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Bradford West’s candidates are locked in a grandiose, mudslinging back-and-forth of character assassination. Who’ll come out on top?
French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia.
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For the House of Saud, an aggressive foreign policy can help serve a repressive domestic agenda.
The aftermath of an apparent Saudi air strike in Yarim, Yemen.
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The joint Arab assault on Yemen is so massive, planning must have been underway for a very long time.
Here we go: Houthi rebels rally against Saudi Arabia.
EPA/Yahya Arhab
Yemen’s collapse into full-on chaos could take the Middle East into an all-consuming conflict the like of which we’ve never seen.
Iraqi forces ake up position near Tikrit, northern Iraq.
EPA/Baraa Kanaan
As the Iraqi’s banner assault on Islamic State sputtered, the US stepped in to help – and a third of the ground troops promptly went home.