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washingtonpost / By James McAuley ,Liz Sly and Karen DeYoung JERUSALEM — Israel sought Thursday to justify a recent wave of strikes on Iranian-linked targets in …

Authorities offer to free prominent women’s rights campaigner if she appears on video refuting allegations of abuse, her siblings say Middle east eye …

Humans are like ungainly packets of meat when paddling in the ocean and should be easy prey compared to fast-moving fish and seals. …

The Independent / ROBERT FISK Almost exactly a hundred years ago, the president of the United States was searching for a “deal of …

Louise Porton described as ‘evil’ and ‘calculated’ for killing three-year-old and 17-month-old girls The Guardian / Caroline Davies

Underwater team being sent to search river in Gillam after ‘significantly damaged’ rowboat discovered The Guardian /Kate Eschner

The commander of Iraq’s special forces tells Richard Hall in Baghdad that Isis is on the run Independent / @_richardhal

The PM seems to be trying to channel Winston Churchill and Barack Obama in his behind-the-scenes pictures. Surely the next step is the …

FBI has arrested individual who obtained names, addresses, phone numbers and birth dates of people in US and Canada The Guardian / Associated …

Judge finds in UK’s favour in dispute that has been linked to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case The Guardian / Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor