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14.11.2022 13:21 Brian Glendinning, who was detained on 12 September, is expected to return home to Fife within days.

13.11.2022 13:30 BBC Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at the years of corruption allegations around Fifa awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

12.11.2022 22:20 Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who inspired a Hollywood film, died in Charles de Gaulle airport on Saturday.

12.11.2022 06:50 How the BBC uncovered gas flaring in an Iraqi oil field, where locals are showing a high rate of cancer.

11.11.2022 15:20 Animal lovers were aghast after Hebron's top official offered cash to anyone who killed stray dogs.

11.11.2022 06:00 Melika Balali says she has been given police security after the Iranian government tried to find her.

10.11.2022 14:30 Jailed British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah started refusing water on Sunday.

10.11.2022 09:30 The US president was asked whether Saudi Arabia helping the Tesla boss to buy Twitter should be probed.

10.11.2022 04:40 Taraneh Alidoosti posts on Instagram to signal solidarity with anti-government protesters.

10.11.2022 04:40 From cutting ties to banning Iran from the World Cup, protesters see a vital role for the world.

09.11.2022 23:50 A woman released from detention tells the BBC she witnessed physical and psychological torture.

09.11.2022 23:50 Carly Morris says she has been trapped in the kingdom with her young daughter for three years.

09.11.2022 14:10 Alaa Abdel Fattah's family have not heard from him since Sunday, when he started refusing water.

09.11.2022 04:00 Amr Darwish is removed from a COP27 meeting after defending the detention of Alaa Abdel Fattah.

08.11.2022 23:11 A Qatar World Cup ambassador calling homosexuality "damage in the mind" is "harmful and unacceptable", says Human Rights Watch.