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In the past 40 years, Iraq has endured three major wars, a violent coup, two invasions, a decade of bombing, two insurgencies, attack by the so-called Islamic State group and a sectarian civil war. All have taken their toll on the population’s mental health. The country holds only one psychiatrist for every 300,000 Iraqi people […]

It’s one year since the collapse of Solai dam in Kenya that killed 47 people, but for many local people, life has yet to return to normality. John Mwangi’s house was swept away by the water, and although he was reunited with his daughters, his wife Virginia Wanjiru died in the tragedy. He says the

The US food and drinks giant PepsiCo has withdrawn it lawsuits against Indian farmers that the company claimed were growing a type of potato it owned the rights to. Pepsi, which owns the potato chips brand Lays, had wanted the farmers to pay it compensation. The farmers who were taken to court now want compensation

A wild bobcat perched high on a post by a busy road in the US state of Florida was encouraged down by workers in a cherry picker truck who used an extendable tool to tap it continuously on the head. The cat, which was sat atop the pole used to support power cables in Collier

Dozens of people have reportedly been killed after government and Russian air strikes were stepped up in north-western Syria. Two-year-old Khadija al-Hamdan was pulled out of the rubble in Idlib after one such assault. She was the only member of her immediate family to survive. Idlib, northern Hama and western Aleppo make up the last

In the Middle East it’s long been feared that increasing competition over shared natural supplies of fresh water – because of growing populations and climate change – could lead to water wars. But in the past decade, desalination technology has made huge advances. Israel now produces most of its drinking water from sea water, and

Far-right groups across Europe promise to end migration and shake-up the EU – but are they fuelling hate? Generation Identity is a far-right youth network operating in Germany, a country where the main opposition political party the AfD is also from the far-right. Despite having relatively few members, GI is branching out across Europe. Last

Travelling by plane has never been more popular, with four billion passengers flying every year. But aviation emissions contribute to climate change, and scientists say we need to do more to tackle the problem. BBC research has found that only a tiny fraction of passengers travelling with the world’s biggest airlines are choosing to offset

Steph Hammerman was born with cerebral palsy and doctors believed she would never walk, talk, read or write. But the 29-year-old from North Carolina, who has also fought off cancer, has become the world’s first CrossFit trainer with the condition. Cerebral palsy is the name for a group of lifelong conditions that affect movement and

Under Vladimir Putin, Russia’s Victory Day has grown into a major public celebration – and today, once again, tanks will roll across Red Square. The renewed stress on the Soviet victory against Nazi Germany has recast Joseph Stalin as a great war leader, glossing over his crimes and repression. The latest polls show that even