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In a country of widows, women have borne the brunt of years of war, sanctions and occupation.

War and underfunding have decimated Iraq’s public health system, once the best in the Arab world.

Iraqi Christians, once a million strong, face persecution in a post-secular society.

Despite fatwas and foreign troops, the show in Iraq must go on.

Lierre Keith has written a passionately argued, highly personal, and deeply informative book about the destructive and unsustainable nature of modern day agriculture – but disguised it as an argument against vegetarianism.

A profile of the West African island republic

Maria Golia recalls a transcendent moment amid the clamour of Cairo.

The fight is on to end illegal logging in the uniquely biodiverse ancient forests of Madagascar

Activist who scuppered oil and gas carve-up faces jail

Sea captain taken prisoner while attempting to stop Japanese whalers

India’s first ‘private city’ will do nothing to help the poor

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera under the spotlight.

Durga Sob, founder of the Feminist Dalit Organization, is fighting discrimination in Nepal.

Diego Martinez’s camera captures the beauty and intensity of a Brazilian festival.

In an Egypt where sexual feelings are kept buttoned up by religiosity, Yahia Lababidi observes an all-pervading sensuality that will not be denied.