Myanmar officials said on Sunday the country was ready to receive more than 2,000 Rohingya Muslims sheltering in Bangladesh on Nov. 15, the first group from 5,000 people to be moved under a deal between the neighbors struck last month. But more than 20 individuals on a list of potential ...

“An 11-year-old child with his leg hanging on by a strip of skin was in one operating theatre where we were attempting a vascular repair, with an eight-year-old shot in the groin in a holding bay, when seven more arrived, also critically injured by sniper fire.” These are the words ...

‘Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism. Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism’ Emmanuel Macron has issued a hard-hitting warning about the dangers of nationalism and of countries that put their interests before the collective good – in front of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The French president denounced those ...

Former Brexit minister Steve Baker says ‘in the end, it’s not really about the backstop’ Eurosceptic Conservative MPs will still vote down the government’s Brexit deal even if Theresa May negotiates an exit clause from the Irish backstop, the former minister Steve Baker has insisted. May’s cabinet has been locked ...

It is possible the 77-year-old could himself run again Bernie Sanders believes the results of the midterm elections prove a progressive could defeat President Donald Trump in the battle for the White House in 2020. Mr Sanders, who ran in the 2016 presidential primaries, said in a recent Guardian interview, ...

Genetic study of human remains from across Americas documents prehistoric migration and helps return contested body to its people A massive study of ancient remains spanning two continents has revealed the movements of the first people to colonise the Americas. Scientists sequenced the genomes of 15 ancient Americans from across ...

Stymied at home by Democrats determined to subvert his domestic agenda, President Donald Trump could double down on his disruptive foreign policy in the years ahead, with conflicts over trade a particular concern, politicians, diplomats and analysts in Europe said. Democrats wrested control of the U.S. House of Representatives from ...

Turkey foreign minister criticized on Tuesday the U.S. renewal of sanctions on Iran’s oil and shipping industries, saying it was dangerous to isolate Iran and unfair to punish its people, Anadolu news agency reported. Mevlut Cavusoglu’s comments to reporters in Japan came a day after Washington reimposed sanctions, abandoning a ...

Russian actors believed to be connected to the government have been actively involved in spreading divisive content and promoting extreme themes in the run-up to Tuesday’s U.S. mid-term elections, but they are working harder to hide their tracks, according to government investigators, academics and security firms. Researchers studying the spread ...

Revolutionary work on the body’s immune system and a host of new drug trials mean that beating cancer may be achievable Last month, the Nobel prize in medicine was awarded for two breakthrough scientific discoveries heralded as having “revolutionised cancer treatment”, and “fundamentally changed the way we view how cancer ...