BBC World Service - The Explanation

The Global Jigsaw: Turkey’s anti-LGBT drive

What’s behind the evolution of the Turkish president's anti-LGBT narrative?

Analysing attitudes of other regional powers towards Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon

How Andy Cohen created the Real Housewives phenomenon

John Simpson analyses Israel’s long-term strategy in the Middle East

The journalists documenting the atrocities of the so-called Islamic State

Ten years on, where do the warring parties in Yemen stand?

Analysing the prospects for the Middle East after a year of fighting

The BBC’s Rushdi Abualouf on life for journalists in a warzone

We look at the debate inside Iran in the wake of Israel’s assault on Hezbollah

The manager of Europe’s biggest YouTube creators reveals their strategy