Obituary

Mohammed Deif: The ‘cat with nine lives’ who transformed Hamas' military

Elusive commander led Hamas' armed wing for over two decades, surviving seven assassination attempts and masterminding 7 October attack

Egypt: Mohamed Farid el-Tohamy leaves a bitter legacy of corruption

Hossam el-Hamalawy

Giandomenico Picco: The forgotten art of Middle East diplomacy

Marco Carnelos

Turning Point: The 1975 siege of Opec

John Pilger: A life telling truth to power

Victoria Brittain

The murderous legacy of Henry Kissinger

Joseph Massad

Twenty years on: Edward Said's life and writings, in seven quotes

Mohamed al-Fayed: Egyptian billionaire and former Harrods and Fulham FC owner dies

Sinead O'Connor, iconic Irish singer who converted to Islam, dies aged 56

Tributes pour in for Jewish American anti-Zionist activist Shatzi Weisberger

Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Scholar-activist who helped inspire a revolution in Egypt

The tragedy of Mikhail Gorbachev was written by the West

Jonathan Steele

Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader who oversaw group's decline and rise

Putin is a war criminal - and so was Madeleine Albright

Jonathan Cook

Remembering Desmond Tutu in times of uncertainty

Stiaan van der Merwe

To honour Tutu's legacy, we must side with the oppressed not the oppressor

Kamel Hawwash

Algeria: Former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies aged 84

Tariq al-Bishri: A legacy of resolving Egypt's tensions

Mohammad H Fadel

From Argentina to Palestine, Maradona was the flawed hero of the people

Oscar Rickett

Saeb Erekat: Palestinian politician who believed talk was the way to a deal

Kuwait's Sheikh Sabah: The Gulf's 'great balancer'