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…
‘My brothers, my brothers!’: Survivors recall chaos after al-Mawasi attacks | Gaza
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – On Saturday morning, Waad Abu Zaher was standing on a crowded street in al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip trying to…
Orban’s ‘peacemaking’ mission: Did Hungary’s leader achieve anything? | Russia-Ukraine war News
When Hungarian premier Viktor Orban broke ranks with the rest of the European Union to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on July 5,…
A ‘tribunal for Putin’ from a Nobel Prize-winning Ukrainian rights defender | Russia-Ukraine war
Kyiv, Ukraine – Years before Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine began in 2022, Oleksandra Matviichuk and her Center for Civil Liberties, a Kyiv-based human rights…
Israeli attack on al-Mawasi kills at least 90 people: What we know so far | Gaza
Israeli air strikes on the al-Mawasi camp in southern Gaza have killed at least 90 people and wounded 300 others, according to Palestinian health officials.…
‘We know the tactics they use’: The poachers turned gamekeepers of Kenya | Wildlife
Aberdare National Park, Kenya – Beneath the dense canopy of redwood trees, a uniformed group flanked by armed men treads silently through the thicket, dodging…
Do tampons contain ‘alarming’ quantities of lead and arsenic? | Health News
Tampons, which are used by millions of women, may carry “alarming” amounts of toxic metals including lead, arsenic and cadmium, a study by academics in…
As Israel inflicts starvation, I am fighting to feed my baby in Gaza | Gaza
Gaza City – My daughter Lya was just shy of seven months old when Israel’s war on Gaza began. She was born on March 19, 2023,…
Cultural treasure or painful reminder? Libya’s colonial architecture | Arts and Culture
Benghazi, Libya – It happened in the middle of the night, as most destructive operations carried out without the consent of the local population are.…
A 12-year-old boxing champ in Mongolia dreams of Olympic glory | Boxing
Gerelt-Od Kherlen, 12, could not contain his excitement after winning a bronze medal in the children’s national boxing championship in Mongolia. In September, his father…
Israel’s attacks on Gaza: A guide | Gaza News
Where is Gaza? Gaza is a coastal strip of land roughly twice the size of Washington, DC. It runs along the Mediterranean, surrounded on three…
Desperate Zimbabweans cross Zambia border for cheaper healthcare, medicines | Health
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe – At 5pm at the Victoria Falls border post, Margaret Tshuma – who has a 24-hour day pass to be in Zambia…
What could Project 2025 mean for the rest of the world? | Elections
As elections in the United States draw closer, polls indicate that former President and convicted felon Donald Trump could be back in the Oval Office…
‘Last chance’: Activist Leonard Peltier’s family reflects on life in prison | Indigenous Rights News
For decades, the family has pushed for Peltier’s release. But he was previously denied parole in 2009, and attempts to petition for a presidential pardon…
What happened as Israel pushed Palestinians from Gaza City neighbourhoods | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – Rima Khamis, a 34-year-old mother of three, had just gotten to her parents’ house for a visit on Sunday evening. She…
Celine, a little Syrian girl who got the gift of hearing in Turkey | Health
Reyhanli, Turkey – Celine Abu al-Zumar is nearly four years old, and as she was about to hear for the first time in her life,…
Chinese risk perilous journey in search of ‘freedom’ in the United States | Migration News
Last year, Chinese businessman Li Xiaosan and his teenage son travelled 5,000 kilometres (3,107 miles) through Central America to reach the United States. In Colombia,…
How life goes on after an earthquake: The ‘Lego schools’ of Lombok | Education
Lombok, Indonesia – Azra, 13, recalls running out of her house when a violent magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck one evening about six years ago. Most…
Gen Z, social media helping fuel spiritual tourism in India | Tourism
Varanasi, India – In India, some members of Generation Z prefer temples over nightclubs. Shivam Dwivedi, a native of Prayagraj district in the northern Indian…
The long and ‘joyous’ road to revive Nepal’s ancient taboo scripts | Arts and Culture
Kathmandu, Nepal – Dressed in an orange kurta (loose collarless tunic) and a matching Nepali dhaka waistcoat, Lalima Shrestha pulls a brown plastic chair closer…