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Locked up: all possible political persuasions are represented in Mohamed Diab’s Clash
Clash review: an Arab Spring thriller that all takes place in a van

Claustrophobics are advised to steer clear of this deliciously high-concept drama, set entirely in the back of paddywagon. An introductory scroll remi(...)

Syrian ex-activist Razan Alakraa with her husband, Ahmad Alhameed, in Portsmouth, England. Alakraa has stopped documenting crimes for the sake of her mental health.
Six years on, Syria’s revolutionaries are forging new lives

Six years ago this month, many in Syria felt their country was on the precipice of monumental change. Authoritarian regimes across North Africa were c(...)

A world debut for the Audi RS5
Geneva Motor Show: Sedate show hides real fears for the future

For all the pre-show hoopla and publicity, the 2017 Geneva motor show will go down as one of the quieter ones. There were only a precious few cars mak(...)

A predicted death toll of 10 million by 2050 will make AMR the world’s biggest cause of death. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto
When antibiotics don’t work any more what can we do?

The introduction of penicillin in the 1940s heralded the antibiotic era. We are now in the era of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Can we fight back? (...)

Smoke from fireworks fired towards Israeli border police spreads at al-Aqsa mosque complex, during clashes with Palestinians, in Jerusalem’s Old City. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA
Clashes break out at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque

Israeli police raided the plaza outside Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque on Sunday in what they said was a bid to head off Palestinian attempts to disrupt v(...)

Subcontractor Paulus Zalimas told the court he saw Brian Gould put his hands into boxes and break the meters by removing the automated meter readers attached to each meter
Anti-water charges campaigner fined for causing criminal damage to water meters

An anti-water charges campaigner has been fined €2,000 and ordered to pay €800 compensation after he was convicted of 10 counts of criminal damages to(...)

Director Woody Allen: Mr Allen’s publicist Leslee Dart said that Allen had read Dylan Farrow’s open letter, published online by The New York Times: Photograph: Evan Agostini/Getty Images
Woody Allen responds to abuse allegations
  • World
  • February 3, 2014, 08:40

Woody Allen has described his adopted daughter’s claims of child sex abuse “untrue and disgraceful”.The actor and director’s comments came a day after(...)

Police officers and people gather in front of the destroyed Islamic Museum building, after a bomb blast occurred at the police headquarters nearby, in downtown Cairo, this morning. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Four dead as explosions hit Egypt capital
  • Africa
  • January 24, 2014, 07:13

A suicide car bomber blew himself up in the parking lot of a top security compound in central Cairo today, killing at least four people in one of the (...)

The two companies have said they plan to start merging their operations in January. The new airline would use the American Airlines name. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Judge clears way for anticipated merger of AMR and US Airways

The long-running effort to merge US Airways and the bankrupt parent of American Airlines looks close to success after a bankruptcy court judge threw o(...)