The Guardian Articles

Islamist organisations and militants around the world have congratulated Syrian rebels on their victory over the regime of Bashar al-Assad, ignoring historic ideological differences, sectarian divides and continuing uncertainty around how rigorously the new rulers in Damascus will impose religious strictures and norms.

The almost universal support for the Hayat …

Brazil’s president,

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Lula, 79, is expected to undergo the “complementary” procedure on Thursday …

England scrapped their way to a six-wicket win in the third ODI against South Africa on Wednesday to win the series 2-1, relying on the steadying hand of Tammy Beaumont after Marizanne Kapp had left them wobbling perilously at 25 for three.

After a two-and-a-half-hour rain delay, England were given …

Thousands of British military personnel who were dismissed from service because of their homosexuality will be able to apply for payments worth up to £70,000 each from today, to recognise the distress caused by a ban that applied between 1967 and 2000.

Labour ministers have approved the creation of a …

Meta has said it has suffered a global outage, with some users facing issues using the social media apps Instagram and Facebook, and the WhatsApp messaging service.

In a statement posted on X, Meta said: “We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps. …

The Islamist rebel commander responsible for the downfall of the Syrian president

Bashar al-Assad

A new study of children living through the war in Gaza has found that 96% of them feel that their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of the trauma they have been through.

A needs assessment, carried out by a Gaza-based NGO sponsored by …

Many civil servants breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the back of the Conservatives in July – a hoped-for end to long-running pay disputes, the looming axe of job cuts and a sense of overall chaos.

The past decade has seen a churn of ministers, with three different prime …

Ministers are planning to cut more than 10,000 civil service jobs as Whitehall departments battle to stay within spending limits under a new

government efficiency drive

Multiple sources said there was an acceptance that the civil service had become too big and unwieldy …

Five years ago this week, Boris Johnson cruised to an 80-seat majority in the general election. Life hadn’t been quite this good for the Tories since Margaret Thatcher’s days. They couldn’t believe their luck as they bathed in the unbearable smugness of being. They would be in government for another …