On Thursday 2nd April, Iran and the world’s most powerful nations signed a preliminary outline agreement about Iran’s nuclear programme. This marks the beginning of the end of a 12 year standoff between the US and Iran. Hamid Alizadeh asks: what interests lie behind the negotiations and what does the deal mean?

The news of the German pilot Andreas Lubitz flying the Germanwings Airbus 320 into a mountain in the French Alps came as a shock to the world. We publish here an article by a pilot, who explains how this latest tragedy is yet another symptom of the sickness of capitalist society.

Since early Thursday morning, hundreds of fighter jets, representing Saudi Arabia and a wide coalition of Arab states, have been bombing targets across Yemen, killing dozens, destroying all major runways and much of key infrastructure of the country. Yemen has become the latest country emboiled by the crisis in the Middle East and the proxy wars of the imperialists.