‘I need to feel safe’: After Indian rape and murder, doctors demand change | Sexual Assault
Kolkata, India – On August 21, a hot, humid afternoon, thousands of doctors and medical students marched through the capital of the eastern Indian state…
Netflix’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ trailer features Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez
A blistering new Netflix trailer starring Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez place the American actors at the center of a Spanish-language musical crime comedy heralded…
As Ukraine, Gaza wars rage on, some airlines are benefitting | Aviation
Earlier this month, British Airways announced it would suspend its service between London and Beijing starting in October and lasting at least until November 2025.…
Echoes of a massacre: Tales from Israel’s attack on al-Tabin School | Israel-Palestine conflict
Sumaya Abu Ajwa had woken up for the Fajr prayer with her two foster daughters, 16-year-old Nuseiba and 14-year-old Retaj, and their mother. She and…
The shepherd of the sea guiding small boats home to safety in South Africa | Environment
Hondeklip Bay, South Africa – Before day breaks on a cloudy morning in Hondeklip Bay, a small fishing village in South Africa’s semi-arid Namaqualand region,…
The historic hammam ritual is having a renaissance in Istanbul | Arts and Culture
Istanbul, Turkey – The Zeyrek neighbourhood of Istanbul is quintessentially residential; men play backgammon on makeshift tables and discarded vegetable crates line the streets. Seemingly…
‘I’ve never felt so worthless’: The pain of Deir el-Balah’s obliteration | Israel-Palestine conflict
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – Like a scene from an endless horror movie, new orders for evacuations were issued on Wednesday morning for residential areas in…
What is Israel doing to Palestinians in Tulkarem? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israel killed three Palestinians in a drone strike on Thursday in Tulkarem, a city and refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. That was during…
Khamenei’s calculus: Iran supreme leader faces a bitter choice on Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News
In the shadowy corridors of Tehran’s power, the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at the end of July – widely believed to have been…
Inside bitter split of ‘difficult’ J-Lo and Ben…from rows over old ‘demons’ to REAL reason actor wanted to delay divorce
THEY are the unlikely Hollywood couple who got a second chance at love, but Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's fairytale is officially over.The couple, who…
Ethnic minority shop owners targeted in UK riots fear more attacks | Features
As rioters went on the attack in dozens of British towns and cities recently, some targeted businesses belonging to ethnic minority Britons. The unrest began…
After COVID and Ebola, doctors take on mpox amid conflict in eastern DRC | Health News
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – It’s dawn at the mpox treatment site at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of the city of Goma,…
The unlikely origins of some of the world’s favourite foods | Food News
You might have heard the story about pasta originating in China due to Marco Polo’s accounts of eating Chinese noodles in one edition of Marvels…
‘It’s not about Raygun’: Breakdancers speak out on Olympics row | Paris Olympics 2024
The worst thing about the uproar that erupted when an Australian breakdancer received zero points for her performance at the Olympics was not the slightly…
Lemon trees, safety, hope: Memories of my Gaza home before war came | Gaza
When Israel’s war on Gaza began and we got ready to leave our house, I packed makeup and a favourite book – items that now…
As war looms over Lebanon, refugees wonder how they will survive | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Beirut, Lebanon – In 2014, the Syrian regime fired a missile that struck Alaa’s apartment building in Aleppo, Syria. Thirteen-year-old Alaa and his family –…
Helen Flanagan’s sauciest outfits including racy lingerie range – and the message of sexy Celebs Go Dating wardrobe
HELEN Flanagan is set sent pulses racing with her provocative outfits when she returns to TV on Celebs Go Dating. The Coronation Street star, 34,…
‘An island of freedom’: Inside the secret beauty salons of Afghanistan | Women’s Rights
Kabul, Afghanistan – In an apartment near a Taliban headquarters, a young woman is discreetly moving about. Breshna* is 24 years old. Today, as on…
Sisters divided: How partition ruptured a family in a vanishing community | India-Pakistan Partition
She walked out of her bedroom a few minutes after I arrived, the pallu of her sari draped, as always, across her right shoulder, Gujarati…
Nusantara: Indonesia’s costly ‘symbol of progress’ set for inauguration | Business and Economy News
Medan, Indonesia – Nusantara, the future capital city of Indonesia, will be inaugurated on the country’s Independence Day on Saturday, as the country looks to…