Photo Essays

For more than three years a military alliance led by Saudi Arabia has been fighting the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Even hospitals are not safe from the bombing raids. Those who fall seriously ill can expect little help.

A year ago, the Rohingya exodus from Myanmar began. Hundreds of thousands fled to neighbouring Bangladesh. Andrea Marshall gives her impressions of the refugee camp Kutupalong in Bangladesh.

The dispute over the detention of U.S. pastor Andrew Craig Brunson has strained diplomatic ties between the US and Turkey. Who is Brunson, and why has President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government put him behind bars? By Shamil Shams and Lucy James

Under the new Danish law banning facial veils, police are able to instruct women to unveil or order them to leave public areas. Fines range from 1,000 Danish crowns ($160) for a first offence to 10,000 crowns for a fourth violation.  By Andrew Kelly

From cricket icon to hedonistic playboy and finally the leader of Pakistan — Imran Khan has enjoyed a long career in the public eye. David Martin takes a look at Imran Khan's sporting successes and political ascent

Thanaka, a paste that has been used for centuries to protect skin from the sun, is traditionally applied in swirls to the cheeks of Rohingya Muslim women. Itʹs a custom female refugees in Bangladesh are keen to preserve. By Clodagh Kilcoyne

From 2000 to 2007, the notorious National Socialist Underground (NSU) neo-Nazi cell killed 10 people in Germany. After five years, the trial against those who aided and abetted the terrorists, which focussed on the role of Beate Zschape, has come to a close. But who were the victims? By Iveta Ondruskova

Nestled in the Karakoram Range in northern Pakistan, the remote Shimshal Valley adapts each year to the rhythm of the mountains with "kutch" – the transhumance or seasonal movement of people with their livestock – led by women. By Camille Del Bos

Hard work instead of study: in Turkey there are thousands of Syrian refugee children who arenʹt going to school. Many of them work 12-hour days, even though child labour is banned. A visit to a tailorʹs workshop in Istanbul. By Julia Hahn

The Morgenlandfestival in Osnabruck, with its varied and surprising programme, competes every year against one-sided cliches about the Orient. By Philipp Jedicke