Falsely charged with a crime, no way to fight it: inside Oregon’s court crisisFalsely charged with a crime, no way to fight it: inside Oregon’s court crisis

An attorney shortage has left thousands trapped in criminal cases without lawyers. One wrongfully accused woman had no choice but to wait Corshelle Jenkins was charged with a crime she didn’t commit – and now, there was a warrant for her arrest. In May 2025, the 36-year-old Portland resident received ...

Middle East crisis live: Iran says it needs guarantees against attacks before Gulf can be stableMiddle East crisis live: Iran says it needs guarantees against attacks before Gulf can be stable

Tehran’s UN envoy says ‘full respect’ of Iran’s rights also key for lasting regional stability US is being ‘humiliated’ by Iran’s leadership, says Friedrich Merz Iran’s deputy defence minister, Reza Talaei-Nik, has been quoted by state media as having said that Iran is ready to share its defensive weapons capabilities ...

‘If your wife asks you to change diapers, change your wife’: Lebanon’s hit show parodying the patriarchy‘If your wife asks you to change diapers, change your wife’: Lebanon’s hit show parodying the patriarchy

The female-created YouTube sketch series Smatouha Minni (You Heard It From Me) uses satire to confront misogynistic attitudes In Beirut’s Gemmayzeh neighbourhood a rented flat has been transformed into a film set: bright studio lights in a cosy living room. At its centre is Maria Elayan – though she is ...

What is the latest Palestine Action court case – and what is at stake?What is the latest Palestine Action court case – and what is at stake?

Government appeal against high court ruling could have implications for right to protest and lead to other groups being proscribed The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, will have her appeal against the high court ruling that the ban on Palestine Action was unlawful heard in the court of appeal this week, ...

Lebanon accuses Israel of committing ‘ecocide’ in country since 2023Lebanon accuses Israel of committing ‘ecocide’ in country since 2023

Claim by environment minister opens new report into profound ecological damage allegedly done by IDF forces Lebanon’s minister for the environment has accused Israel’s military of committing “an act of ecocide” in the foreword to a report detailing the harm done to the country’s natural resources during the invasion of ...

‘I don’t want to be part of a dictatorship’: the Americans queueing up to renounce their citizenship‘I don’t want to be part of a dictatorship’: the Americans queueing up to renounce their citizenship

Severing ties with the US can take more than a year and cost thousands of dollars. But Paul, Ella, Margot and thousands of others feel they have no choice When Margot went to renounce her US citizenship earlier this year, she wasn’t able to do it in the UK, her ...

Giorgia Meloni clung to her relationship with Trump – now it’s starting to look like a liability | Riccardo AlcaroGiorgia Meloni clung to her relationship with Trump – now it’s starting to look like a liability | Riccardo Alcaro

The Italian PM has walked a tightrope between Europe and the US. But the Iran war – and Trump’s attacks on her – have changed everything The news last week that the Trump administration sounded out Fifa, world football’s governing body, about replacing Iran with Italy at this year’s World ...

Ashes and memories: one family’s return to the site of Hong Kong’s worst fire in decadesAshes and memories: one family’s return to the site of Hong Kong’s worst fire in decades

Yip Shun-Ting Carbon returns for the first time to his apartment to salvage belongings after last year’s fire that killed 168 people, including his mother The Yip family once imagined moving to a country house, all three generations under the same roof, with their own vegetable garden and away from ...