After decades of Iraq’s creative sector being held back, the country is ready to set out its own narrative. Three artists explain how they see their role

‘Justice has been delivered’: Biden says death a major blow to terrorist network behind September 11th, 2001, attacks

Decision made amid growing concerns about power held by Islamist group al-Shabaab

Turkish president facing potential voter backlash over his refugee policy

Repositioning happens to now mesh with need to reset relations with EU but Putin was courted for years

Politics: The past couple of months have been embarrassing for intellectual elegance

Sufyian Barhoumi was captured in Pakistan and taken to US base in Cuba in 2002

Michael O’Higgins SC told court his client did not travel to Syria to take part in combat

New caliph must remain hidden to stay alive while ruling over fragmented organisation

Horrific 2004 train attack killed 193 and left legacy of division

Shock of Al-Qaeda’s attacks on the US in 2001 led to some catastrophic responses

The West can’t stop its rivals reading it wrong, but it can choose not to encourage them

Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi’s death was more dramatic than his brief reign over group

Six children reported among dead as militant chief ‘detonates bomb’ in village hideout

A woman who knew former Defence Forces member told the Special Criminal Court she was ‘indoctrinated’

Ousted leader Roch Kabore’s whereabouts unknown as government dissolved and borders closed

Party headed by reformist Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr won most seats in election

US Politics: The democratic faultline runs mostly through countries, not between them

Blasts at Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital underline insecurity under Taliban rule

Intelligence agencies say Islamists in Afghanistan could attack US in six months