Mustafa al-Kadhimi was unhurt when drone targeted his residence inside the fortified Green Zone, says governmentAn exploding drone aimed at the Iraqi prime minister’s house has failed to kill him, the government has said. Mustafa al-Kadhimi was reporte…
Huma Abedin on Anthony Weiner: ‘He ripped my heart out and stomped on it over and over again’
She was Hillary Clinton’s aide and the wife of a star politician when a sexting scandal sent him to prison, destroyed their marriage – and derailed her boss’s bid to become president. How did she cope?Read an extract from her memoir hereWalk of shame, …
Nigerian police brutality and shelling in Myanmar: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Hong Kong to Khartoum Continue reading…
China regime says Taiwan independence backers will be blacklisted
Island’s foreign minister and premier among people to be stopped from entering mainland and Hong KongChina has said it will hold those who support “Taiwan independence” criminally liable for life, provoking anger and ridicule from the island at a time …
‘Skimpflation’: frustration as US firms skimp on service as prices rise
As labor shortages and supply chain problems bite, consumers have a growing sense they’re getting less for their money“Flight cancelled”; “service temporarily suspended”; “not currently available”; “longer than normal wait times”: these are the message…
‘Get shit done’: how Republican dog-whistles beat Democratic inaction
Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor’s race by playing dirty over CRT – and the Democrats had no answerNo film director could have choreographed it better. At the very moment Joe Biden emerged from his helicopter into a cold, dark night on the Whit…
Democrats pass Joe Biden’s $1tn infrastructure bill after chaotic day
Intense lobbying helped break an impasse between progressives and moderatesHouse Democrats have passed a $1tn bill to rebuild the nation’s ageing infrastructure after months of delay, delivering Joe Biden a long-awaited legislative victory that he boas…
Succession-style feud gripping Canada settled as court sides with Edward Rogers
The fight for Rogers Communications has riven one of Canada’s richest families – and began with an accidental butt dialFor weeks, Canadians have been gripped by a messy public feud splintering one of the country’s richest families. Kicked off by an acc…
Women’s rights activist shot dead in northern Afghanistan
Frozan Safi, 29, is believed to be the first women’s rights defender to be killed since Taliban return to powerA 29-year-old activist and economics lecturer, Frozan Safi, has been shot and killed in northern Afghanistan, in what appears to be the first…
Twenty photographs of the week
Cop26 in Glasgow, the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma, a migrant caravan in Mexico and Diwali in Chennai: the most striking images from around the world this week Continue reading…