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Can the UN police drone warfare?

A special investigator looks into the costs of these deadly, unaccountable killing machines [more]

Can the UN police drone warfare?

Jewish New Yorkers say: Welcome, Palestine!

Prominent synagogue praises UN vote to recognise Palestine ...

Israel needs some tough love

Israel 'punishes' Palestine vote by building new settlements and withholding cash. Time for an intervention ...

Kuwaitis band together for reform

Dissident coalition calls for a boycott of parliamentary elections this weekend ...

Is Doha's climate summit president a vampire?

You tell us ...

95% of Gaza water 'unfit for humans'

Is this the basis for a fair and lasting peace? ...

Gaza: enough of the pointless conflict

Both sides are amazingly shortsighted. Time to look behind the flags and slogans, and see the people ...

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Stop the clash It's time smart people across the world scorned the media's fiction of 'Muslim rage' ...	Who's afraid of Muslim Rage? The one thing everyone should read about #MuslimRage ...
Not in our name: Libyans reject terror Citizens protest killing of US ambassador, and cynical film which sparked violence ...	America's ally continues brutal crackdown Jailed Bahraini activists lose appeal – but the fight continues. Here's how you can help ...
France makes a bold move on Syria - gamechanger? President Hollande breaks from the US and UK to back a Syrian provisional government ...	Fresh killings in cradle of Syria's uprising 33 reported dead on Saturday, as Russia plays the west for fools ...
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Overtime for nuclear talks It's make or break as high-stakes negotiations are extended for another day ...	All options on the table – even diplomacy New talks on Iran's nuclear programme raise hopes. But no champagne yet ...
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Israeli government backs another land grab Netanyahu tries to wriggle round court ruling on illegal Jewish settlement ...	Free Palestine – for real this time The peace process has fallen flat. Is there a new way forward? ...
Blue helmets in as new violence erupts Small UN observation team arrives to monitor the ceasefire that only Kofi Annan still believes in ...	Violence ahead of big race Bahrain Grand Prix gets green light, driving protests across nation ...
Bad fences make bad neighbours On its 10th birthday, Israel's separation wall is still a barrier to hope ...	Seven dead, more arrested across Syria UN scrambles to rescue peace plan after day of horrors ...
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Israel loves Iran (and vice versa) Citizens bypass their bellicose leaders to swap peace messages on Facebook ...	Alien world to help out, since this one refuses to A year on from uprising against Assad, rulers of planet Zarlkom 12 have had enough ...
Another Homs? Citizen journalists report new wave of torture and killing in Idlib ...	Shocking abuse of Ethiopian maid filmed Young woman killed herself days after brutal video sparked global outrage ...
Turkey's dirty secret Erdogan's government wages quiet war on journalists who won't toe party line ...	Another bloody, bad weekend in Gaza Airstrikes and missile attacks escalate – but why is it happening now? ...
Iran takes the hard road Religious hardliners consolidate power in Tehran ...	Should we ban Saudi Arabia from the Olympics? If women don't get chance to compete, why should men? ...
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Peace in Palestine? The rival Fatah and Hamas factions heal a harmful rift ...	Libya fallout hits Mali Gaddafi's arms stockpiles are fuelling an insurgency by Tuaregs ...
EU report condemns Israeli occupation The state's brutality may make a two-state settlement all-but-impossible, it says ...	Inside Guantánamo's evil twin Ten years on, Guantanamo still a stain on US: but there are much worse places ...

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