Trump’s crackdown is sending people to a homeland they’ve never seen before

The stablecoin is fuelling a global shadow economy. And it’s never been more respectable

How Brazil’s ex-president and his cronies tried to take down democracy

The long read: When Ian Foxley found evidence of corruption while working at a British company in Riyadh, he alerted the MoD. He didn’t know he’d stumbled upon one of its most closely guarded secrets

Bird in the cage

How a decades-long deception saw an innocent man end up in jail

Thirty million Indians want a job on the railways, but a fiendish general-knowledge test stands in their way

Seven months after Assad’s fall, an analysis of the violence in Sweida shows how international interference and internal paralysis are pushing the country back toward chaos

A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back

After winning multiple Grammys and Brits, the Isle of Wight band explore love and sexuality on their second LP – but there’s still room for some barbed put-downs

Extreme shortages and dangers securing supplies drive trade in food distributed by US-backed foundation

Christoph Schweizer says consultancy’s role has been ‘profoundly disappointing’ as Save the Children halts partnership

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Lebanon has spent years under the militant group’s dominance. Could it be coming to an end?

Syria’s new president is a chameleon. Is that enough to rule the Middle East’s most volatile country?

Researchers have unearthed the surveillance records of Taiwan’s former dictatorship. But the revelations inside could tear society apart