Lindsey Hilsum , International Editor

An influential Syrian activist, who took on both the regime of Bashar al-Assad and Islamist forces, has been murdered. Gunmen shot Raed Fares and a colleague in Kafr Nabl, a town in the south of Idlib province, the only remaining rebel-held enclave in Syria.

President Trump has thanked Saudi Arabia for the slide in oil prices, amid an outcry over his failure to punish the country over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

From the future of the nuclear weapons deal to the conflict in Yemen, the Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt had plenty on his agenda today when he met senior Iranian officials in Tehran.

Earlier this week the Saudi-led coalition, under international pressure, stopped bombing the port city of Hodeida, where most aid comes in to the country. Like the capital, Sanaa, it’s controlled by Houthi rebels. UN officials say a permanent ceasefire is needed to avert widespread starvation. A warning: There are some distressing images of starving children…

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has poured scorn on Saudi Arabia’s attempt to explain the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a “rogue operation”, describing it as “a savage killing”. Mr Erdogan demanded the Saudis suspected of involvement should face justice in Turkey, although he stopped short of mentioning Crown Prince bin Salman directly. All this happened as an investment conference got…

America’s National Security Adviser John Bolton has begun two days of talks in Moscow with leading Kremlin officials, amid growing international pressure over President Trump’s decision to walk away from a key nuclear weapons treaty signed in 1987. It’s not clear if he will actually meet President Putin, who’s said to be looking for “clarifications” on US…

Staff at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul have been questioned, while a forest outside the city has been searched. Turkish officials investigating the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi still haven’t found any clues as to his fate. Riyadh has roundly rejected allegations that it sent in a hit squad to dispose of his body.

At least 17 students have been killed and over 40 injured in an attack on a technical college in Crimea.

As the de facto head of the richest royal family in the world, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has carved an image of being a reformer. But the disappearance of his critic Jamal Khashoggi, has promoted questions about the head of the House of Saud. Is he someone who wants to change his…

President Trump has dispatched his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Saudi Arabia to look into the disappearance of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr Khashoggi, who was a critic of the Saudi regime, hasn’t been seen since he went into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul nearly two weeks ago. Mr Trump says “rogue killers” could be responsible for his disappearance because…

The US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has announced her unexpected resignation after just two years in the job. In a cosy scene in the Oval Office, President Trump lavished praise on Haley, calling her a “fantastic person”. She gave no specific reason for leaving, The President said she had just asked to ” take…

According to the UN, there may be as many as a million Chinese Uyghyrs and other ethnic minorities who have been forced into re-education camps over the past two years. The UN is calling for their immediate release as well as a thorough investigation.

The United Nations General Assembly is traditionally a forum to discuss matters of international significance, but with accusations of sexual misconduct swirling around President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, he could not help but defend his man. Sitting next to the Colombian President, Trump called into question the account of a second accuser and said the…

Day two of the summit between North and South Korea came with promises from the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that he would shut down a key missile test site.

It was all hugs, warm smiles and cheering crowds in North Korea today, as the South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived for a three-day summit with Kim Jong-un.