It can be hard to tell who is behind a cyber-attack.
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After the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, further esclation in the conflict between Iran and the US could come in the form of a cyber-attack.
The Great Mosque of Aleppo, Syria, was destroyed in December 2016.
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The destruction of a country’s historical and cultural heritage sites is a distressing byproduct of conflict, but there are now strategies in place to prevent it happening.
Opposition candidate for the Kuomintang, Han Kuo-yu, at a rally in Keelung city.
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President Tsai Ing-wen is being challenged by populist mayor of Kaohsiung City, Han Kuo-yu, in Taiwan’s January 11 elections.
Tributes after terrorist attack.
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A flawed approach on both sides of the British political divide.
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Boris Johnson’s adviser is asking job applicants to give him their all. And in return? He’ll fire them on the spot if they don’t fit in.
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Marriage and domestic relationships existed before the state, and should be returned to the people, not regulated by the government.
The glacier express train in Switzerland: on the bucket list for rich Indians.
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Rich Indian women are anxious about being recognised as members of an international elite.
An atomic energy exhibition in Tehran.
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Iran has withdrawn from key elements of the 2015 nuclear deal. The UK should respond with caution – and flexibility.
Mourners gather for Soleimani’s funeral.
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Tehran is making threats but its options are somewhat limited.
Mourners at the funeral of Qassem Soleimani in Tehran.
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For decades, Iran has built up a network of proxies across the Middle East. Will it now use them to retailiate for the killing of its top general?
Veganism: not just that you are what you eat, but how you live.
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Ethical veganism is now protected as a ‘philosophical belief’. But it’s about more than just a plant-based diet.
Qasem Soleimani pictured in 2018.
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The Trump administration is only the latest to push the boundaries of the law to take out foreign adversaries.
Violence during the 2011 London riots.
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Politicians who refuse to listen to popular demands have a reason to be concerned.
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Is this a new and better way for modern couples to live? Here’s what the research says.
Protests in Santiago, Chile continued as 2019 drew to a close.
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What shape will global protests take in the 2020s?
Far from being blind, justice in jury trials can often depend on the biases of the jurors.
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Neither jurors nor judges can be relied upon to put aside their incorrect beliefs about rape. What’s the answer?
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Ethology, social psychology and criminology can help us understand why humans lie and why scammer scam.
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With the ICC facing intense criticism and scrutiny, its member states have met to create a plan to improve the court’s standing and performance.
Women have been at the forefront of Lebanon’s anti-government protests.
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A power-sharing agreement that shares power between Lebanon’s different sectarian communities is no longer fit for purpose.
Boris Johnson poses with his new MPs.
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The good news is that one party has more women than men now. The bad news is it’s not the party of government.
The more television people watch the more they prefer a thinner female body type.
Jean-Luc Jucker
The more people watch TV the more likely it is that they prefer a slimmer female body size.
The prime minister may be assured that this issue will not be going away any time soon as Nicola Sturgeon makes a democratic case for transferring powers rather than a legal one.
Can the BBC continue to hold leaders to account?
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There were some ominous sounds coming out of the election campaign about what the Conservatives might have planned for the UK’s public broadcaster.
Networks of support in solidarity of migrants on the move have grown across Europe and North America.
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Both in 19th-century America and today, the initiative and choices of those making the journey are often ignored.
Starmer and Corbyn: not so different after all.
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Centrists are at loggerheads with the left. They’re both right about what went wrong and that’s a problem.