Targeting of Indian Muslims alleged in row over naming eateries by religion | Islamophobia
Muzaffarnagar, India – For nearly two weeks now, Islah*, a Muslim, has been forced to close his restaurant situated along a highway in Khatauli town…
Who is Israel targeting in its attacks on the West Bank? | Occupied West Bank News
The Israeli army killed three Palestinian military commanders – including one from Hamas’s Qassam Brigades and two from Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades – and a…
A letter to my son: As you turn one today in Gaza, I feel joy and sorrow | Israel-Palestine conflict
Deir el-Balah – Today, Eyas, you turn one, and what an indescribable year it has been. Who could have foreseen that war would overshadow your…
‘My children have been sick’: The toxic aftermath of a train derailment | Features
East Palestine, United States – The Norfolk Southern train line runs right through East Palestine, Ohio, stopping cars and pick-up trucks on their way into…
Joe Biden too old to be US president? Not for Malaysians | Politics News
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – It’s members of the United States Congress one day, a Hollywood star or wealthy donors another, all carrying the same message…
Why Indians are mad for momos | Food News
Delhi, India – Sonakshi Verma, a college student, pushes her way to order a plate of momos from a corner shop on a busy market…
Who are Israel’s ultra-Orthodox and will conscripting them sow discord? | Israel-Palestine conflict
This week, Israel’s government announced that starting Sunday, it would begin conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jewish men for the first time in the country’s 76-year history. The…
World Cup 2.0 – Why women’s Olympic football is a must watch at Paris 2024 | Paris Olympics 2024
Less than a year after the global breakout success of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia, a good number of that tournament’s best players…
In July came the evacuation orders. We had one option – a bombed Gaza flat | Israel-Palestine conflict
When this war began, I imagined it would last a week or two. Friends living abroad would call to check on us and I’d reassure…
From Somalia to south Oregon – how basketball reunites civil war survivors | Basketball
Ashland, Oregon – Inside the gymnasium at Ashland Middle School, basketballs are bouncing off the backboards and freshly waxed floors, footballs are being kicked between…
‘The sea has taken everything’: How rising salt is destroying Italian coast | Environment
Along the rice fields of Porto Tolle in Veneto, the areas damaged by salt seeping into the soil are clearly visible. It has been caused by…
Palestinians urge world to end Israel’s illegal occupation after ICJ ruling | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Activists and legal experts in the West Bank say Friday’s ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which has found that Israel’s occupation of…
Can salt mitigate hunger? Inside the salt flats of La Guajira, Colombia | Business and Economy News
Some critics point to mismanagement in the salt industry as part of the reason for La Guajira’s economic instability. From 1941 to 2002, the national…
Trump assassination attempt turned US politics upside down in a week… imagine what can happen between now and November
IF a week used to be a long time in politics, now it is an absolute age. During the past seven days, everything in American…
I tested all the supermarket Aperol knock-offs and the best was a THIRD of the price of real thing
SUMMER is hotting up at last – and that means it is Aperol Spritz season.The orange-coloured drink has become a favourite to sip in the…
Israel keeps bombing Gaza schools. Why do people still shelter there? | Gaza
At least eight United Nations-run schools serving as shelters to displaced Palestinians have been hit by Israeli attacks in the last 10 days. The United…
Most explosive Strictly exits after Graziano axed…including brutal sacking day after agent’s death & steamy calendar row
FOR 20 years, Strictly Come Dancing has brought the sparkle to Saturday nights and become one of the most successful shows on British telly. But…
In Kyrgyzstan, an ‘unprecedented crackdown’ on free press raises alarm | Freedom of the Press
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Warsaw, Poland – Last year, Aidai Irgebai had a serious talk with her two sons, aged nine and seven. The boys would…
Fake blood or a deep state plot? Crazed Donald Trump shooting conspiracy theories have revived a very American tradition
CONSPIRACY is as American as apple pie – at least, that’s what they want you to believe.Just seconds after that bullet whistled through Donald Trump’s…
Is RFK Jr truly independent? | US Election 2024
Robert F Kennedy Jr, a member of America’s most famous – and Democratic – political family, is running as an independent candidate in this year’s…