A ray of sunshine for Myanmar’s wounded rebels as civil war rages | Conflict News
Mae Sot, Thailand - Within an old wooden house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot, wounded revolutionary fighters lie side by side. Many…
As Pakistanis die in fresh Mediterranean tragedy, a question lingers: Why? | Migration
Islamabad, Pakistan – Rehan Aslam’s family ran a transport and car rental business, and grocery stores. Rehan helped run those businesses. But five months ago, the…
Who is celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake and how? | Explainer News
The Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year is a major celebration in many Asian countries and their diasporas around the globe. Chinese New…
India hopes Mahakumbh will bring in investors, but economists are sceptical | Business and Economy
Prayagraj, India – Arvind Agrawal has been running a business supplying stationery items across India for four decades in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh state. The…
Lake Tanganyika fishers fight for their future amid declining catches | Environment News
Kigoma, Tanzania – Just as dawn’s first rays start creeping over western Tanzania’s gentle hills, a constellation of scattered torchlights moving across the water signals…
A ‘revolving door’ for political prisoners? Venezuelan families cry foul | Nicolas Maduro News
Despite the recent announcements of prisoner releases, representatives from CLIPPVE remain sceptical. Some, like Sosa, were promised their loved ones would be freed, but that…
‘Hell on Earth’: Who were the victims killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz? | Crimes Against Humanity
“The sky was red, and the air smelled like burned meat. I didn’t understand it then, but my mother told me it was people. People…
Bowie’s Berlin: Up against the wall | Music
Berlin, Germany – When David Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour arrived in West Berlin on June 6, 1987, the city was the world’s de facto capital…
‘My heart is split in two’: The women returning to homes in northern Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – Inshirah Darabeh has just one thought on her mind as she prepares to leave the home of her in-laws near…
Lukashenko: Before 2025 election, ‘still afraid of the people’ | Elections
On January 26, Belarusians will cast their ballots in a presidential vote. Officially, there are five candidates, but 70-year-old Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who has…
Between bombs and books: The lasting impact of war on Lebanese students | Israel attacks Lebanon
The fierce stench of rotten food and burned furniture greeted 19-year-old Fouad Abou Mrad and his father when they returned to their home in the…
Trump’s leading the way on migration – all the reasons Labour must follow him & stop our border breakdown
DONALD TRUMP came into office with a number of big promises to the American people.But one of the biggest was that he would crack down…
‘Less than slaves’: The Palestinians detained by Israel despite ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News
When the Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was announced on January 15, Ghassan Alyeean says his first feeling was relief that the mass…
Anne Frank’s chilling life at Auschwitz as ‘sunny, smiling’ girl became ‘walking skeleton’ wrapped in lice-infested rags
STANDING pale as a ghost, Anne Frank shivered as she hauled stones in the blistering cold - while Nazi guards hurled insults around her. Forced…
‘Dam for a dam’: India, China edge towards a Himalayan water war | Water
New Delhi, India – Gegong Jijong lined up with hundreds of other protesters on a cold afternoon last month near the Siang River in India’s…
Sudan’s army accused of ethnic killings after recapturing strategic city | Sudan war News
On January 15, army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced a probe into the alleged abuses committed by his forces in Gezira state. The Sudanese army…
‘Skull without a jaw’: Gaza survivors search for what remains of the dead | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Palestine – With a heavy heart, keen eyes and trembling hands, Abu Muhammed Ghaith meticulously searched through the thick nylon bags…
As gold prices surge, Ghana faces ‘looming crisis’ over illegal mining | Environment News
When activist Oliver Barker Vormawor saw reports in September that Ghana’s water agency would not be able to supply some parts of the country with…
11 features and documentaries about the drug war by Mexican directors
Whether you disliked or enjoyed “Emilia Pérez,” the French-produced, Netflix-distributed musical about a Mexican cartel boss who undergoes gender transition, the conversation around it should…
Palestinians in Gaza desperate to travel abroad for life-saving treatment | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Khan Younis and Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine – In a small apartment in Khan Younis, surrounded by a war-torn landscape as far as the eyes…