Prohibition of popping pills to hit night clubs near you.
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The government’s “blanket ban” on legal highs goes against the evidence.
Standing firm.
EPA/Matthias Schrader
The situation in is Ukraine deteriorating, but the G7 powers apparently have nothing to add.
A protest for flogging victim Raif Badawi.
Amnesty Finland/Flickr
Saudi Arabia has upheld a blogger’s flogging sentence, in defiance of international pressure. How long will this go on?
Is the oldest profession anything of the sort?
Bob the Lomond
What do Northern Ireland, France, Norway, Sweden and Iceland all have in common? They’ve already gone where Scotland is debating following.
Destruction from an early battle between IS and Iraqi forces in July 2014.
EPA/STR
By exploiting weaknesses and divisions, the extremist group has been able to establish a brutal regime in just 12 months.
Iron grip: Hamas leader Khaled Mashal.
EPA/Jamal Nasrallah
Reports of Hamas’s human rights abuses against Palestinians are mounting, and popular support falling – but the movement is going nowhere.
Canada celebrates winning goal against China on June 6 in FIFA Women’s World Cup.
EPA
Women’s football has come a long way, but it is still some distance from competing with the men’s game.
Where to?
U.S. Army Europe Images/Flickr
With austerity on the agenda, the upcoming strategic reviews will be critical to deciding the future of the UK’s defence force.
Flying the flag for the HDP.
EPA/Sedat Suna
Ruling AKP gets a hammering at the polls as pro-Kurdish HDP enters parliament for first time.
Learn from the master.
EA/Yuri Kochetkov
Russian readers are unlikely to believe a narrative that is paid for by Western governments.
St Anton, Austria: living together isn’t always easy.
the_junes/Flickr
An expert spent seven years studying the interactions between locals and immigrants: this is what he found.
Slack for Sepp?
Adam Davy/PA
We’re all outraged by dopers and allegedly corrupt officials. Why, and are we justified?
Eniola Aluko could be a stand-out for England.
Joe Giddens/PA
The players, matches and teams to watch for Canada 2015.
It depends who you mean.
David Shankbone
The new head of Oxford university says it did but while some took post-tragedy patriotism too far, others were pursuing an old agenda.
HDP supporters gear up for the vote.
EPA/Ulas Yunus Tosun
With plans to shake up democracy, it’s no wonder the HDP is being compared to Syriza and Podemos.
Anyone got a sense of déjà vu?
PA
It has been 40 years since Britons last voted on their place in Europe and the debate has raged ever since.
Women’s football isn’t popular? Pull the other one.
Chris Ison/PA
The progressive march of women’s football offers a refreshingly different FIFA story from that which has dominated the headlines over the past few weeks.
Face of change?
Sedat Suna/EPA
Can the left-wing HDP cross Turkey’s electoral threshold to transform the nation’s parliament?
The NSA has eyes and ears around the globe.
Mike Herbst
US intelligence agencies can no longer collect and store the telecommunications data of US citizens but other countries are strengthening their efforts.
BDS protesters on the West Bank in May 2015.
EPA/Abed Al Haslhamoun
Israel’s prime minister is using boycott fears to distract attention from his government’s increasingly right-wing agenda.
Ukraine is making no headway, even after a ceasefire deal.
EPA/Irina Gorbasyova
Both sides appear to be breaking the terms of the ceasefire, while the people of Ukraine struggle to survive.
Mob rules. Encitement and entrapment.
Robert Couse-Baker
Groups like Letzgo Hunting claim to fill the gaps left by inefficient police work, but does their approach undermine police work and treatment?
A little too strong?
PA/Jonathan Brady
Theresa May’s latest extremism bill means citizens can be punished even before they commit a crime.
Turkey’s big day.
ardac/Flickr
Want to know who’s who and what’s what? Look no further.
Charles Kennedy has died at the age of 55.
PA/Fiona Hanson
The former Liberal Democrat leader was an inspiration to his party and the outside world.