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More than 1,300 dead, up to 3.2m Iranians displaced, shockwaves through the world economy - and the president is having the time of his life

The best way to prevent invasion is to become nuclear armed. The Iranians have learned this lesson – and other nations across the Gulf, Europe and the far east will be thinking the same

With her distinctive bold colours, grey curls and bright scarves, Saadawi became a feminist icon. Margaret Atwood called her ‘one of the great radical voices of our time’

The north of the country endured the war to oust Saddam, the insurgency, the war against Islamic State and now Trump’s war on Iran. No wonder people around here just want to talk about football

The Russian army is luring Kenyans to fight in Ukraine. Processed and sent to the front after minimal training, most of them are dying before their first pay cheque has even cleared

If we look six months into the future, the consequences of this conflict for Iran, the region and for the world all look bad – there is no good outcome from this war

If your priorities in life are heat and paying no tax, and if you choose to ignore harsh, dubious rules, especially for women, then don’t be surprised if most of us back in the old country regard you as a soulless, smug twat

Authoritarian governments have pushed Farsi’s dominance – but 59 other languages still thrive

New research suggests that mysterious symbols carved by early humans may have functioned like a primitive writing system

MAGA has made the land of the free more of a global danger than a repressive surveillance state that spies, steals and kills

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

As overtourism bites, the author of Frommer’s new guide to the country shares his favourite experiences away from the crowds

I was in Argentina when the spiral began. The first thing I had to do was find myself a good dealer

The oil supply has gone and with an economy in ruins, Cubans are now struggling to eat. US sanctions are pushing the Caribbean nation towards catastrophe

The weather in the south of the country has been so severe that floods have swept everything away in their path

The Nepal elections marked a generational shift in the country’s politics, as the former PM has now been replaced by a former rapper

The president’s attack on Iran is about building an American dynasty – and stuffing his family’s coffers yet further

After decades of persecution and murder in the streets, chaos and danger are being embraced

Prediction markets are a way of betting on the future. But have members of the Trump administration been using them to profit from secret military knowledge?

It's legalistic, complicated and barely comprehensible but the PM's position on this war has ended up in tune with public sentiment

A recent report by a consultancy imagined a global economic crisis caused by artificial intelligence. The trouble is, they might just be on to something

Donald Trump takes on the world and loses - as imagined by Henry Morris

The Iran War will inevitably lead to the collapse of Trump’s political project. It’s tempting to welcome that prospect – but it could make the president even more dangerous

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

A remarkable and horrific audio archive of survivors’ stories documents individual upheavals and collective trauma

The Netherlands’ massive new photographic museum showcases art and celebs – but it’s the images of occupation and hunger that won’t let you look away

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has just released a new penal code. The rules it sets out are relentlessly brutal and backward

We know what happens when the US breaks something and then walks away. The result is catastrophe. The problem is, Trump doesn’t really care

The US and Israeli assault on Iran has the potential to escalate into a broader international conflict. Not only that, but Trump has put the entire global economy in danger

The experiences of Iraq and Libya show what happens when the west attacks but has no plan.

Trump wants to decapitate the Iranian regime. But the danger now is a proliferating conflict that runs out of control

The idea emerged at a time very different to our own, and now the Silicon Valley tech bros have revealed what was true all along – that the notion of ‘progress’ is riddled with contradictions