Iraqi president visits Baghdad district once considered 'no go' area

The visit to Adhamiyah shows Iraq is making a fresh start, the president says

Beyond the Headlines podcast: A tale of two prime ministers in Sri Lanka 

The National's Jack Moore travels to Colombo to investigate the South Asian island's constitutional crisis

Donald Trump makes 'major mistake' in announcing withdrawal from arms control treaty

'The architecture of arms control treaties is looking pretty wobbly,' expert says

Powerful Afghan police commander killed in Kandahar insider attack

Taliban targeted police chief and US General Scott Miller, who was unharmed

Drought-stricken Iraq pleads for more water from upstream neighbours

Climate change, upstream dams, and low rainfall is causing an unprecedented crisis in the 'land between the rivers'

Ethiopia has highest number of internally displaced people in 2018

1.4 million Ethiopians fled their homes this year, while 1.2 million Syrians left

Rohingya crisis: From the killing fields to exile without hope

How Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority is struggling for the right to return home. Campbell MacDiarmid with a special report from Cox's Bazar

Ukrainian separatist leader killed in explosion

Apparent assassination of Alexander Zakharchenko could reignite the only war in Western Europe

WATCH: The Rohingya living in exile, trapped in the forests of Bangladesh

Aung San Suu Kyi says Rohingya return depends on Bangladesh

Myanmar's civilian leader also says Rakhine State remains at risk of terrorism