‘Sitting on a volcano’: Two Indian temples clash as politics and faith mix | Politics
Digha, India – On a hot and sultry June afternoon, Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of India’s West Bengal state, swept a sun-scorched road to make…
Don’t Worry Village: The young S Koreans who left Seoul, seeking community | Features News
Seoul/Mokpo, South Korea – In 2018 when Kim Ji-ung lived in the South Korean capital, Seoul, he felt alone all the time. Single and in…
Israel attacks displacement shelters to force Palestinians to southern Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israel is ethnically cleansing the central neighborhood of Zeitoun in Gaza by bombing homes and displacement centres.Since announcing plans to invade northern Gaza and expel…
Brave Perrie Edwards reveals she’s lost TWO babies – including one at six months
WITH huge smiles, cheering crowds and an incredible ten-year career of hits under their belt, Little Mix went out with a bang in 2022 as…
Battle of the F1 superyachts from Max Verstappen’s ‘Bond villain’ beast to $200m ‘floating mansion’ with helipads
NOTHING screams luxury like a top-notch yacht, so it's no wonder Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has been hosting Max Verstappen on his boat in a…
Will Iraq integrate the Popular Mobilization Forces into the state? | Israel-Iran conflict News
On July 27, two brigades from the mostly Shia Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) stormed the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, clashing with police.While the incident could…
Britain’s last WW2 VC hero dies aged 105 – 81 years after being wounded 72 times in extraordinary act of bravery
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL said: “Courage is rightly regarded as the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all the others depend.”The truth of those words…
How Terence Stamp rose from working class to Hollywood stardom – & being name-checked in one of greatest pop songs ever
THERE can be no cooler claim to fame than to be name-checked in one of the greatest pop songs ever written.Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks,…
How a father’s love and a pandemic created a household name | Features
For most people, memories of childhood coughs and colds are synonymous with a menthol-smelling ointment in a dark blue jar with a turquoise cap.For more…
Indonesians raise anime pirate flag in protest as nation marks independence | Protests News
Medan, Indonesia – Indonesia is celebrating 80 years of independence from Dutch colonial rule, but not everyone is in a celebratory mood, and an unusual…
How an emergency declaration deepened Honduras’s crime crisis | Government News
The operation, on paper, appeared to be a typical government crackdown on drug traffickers. In late 2024, more than two dozen masked officers descended on…
‘No more food’: In northern Nigeria, US funding cuts bite for aid groups | Humanitarian Crises News
Maiduguri, Nigeria – Sometimes, it feels to Zara Ali as though her daughter was born already sick in the womb.On a recent weekday, the 30-year-old…
As Trump splits from India, is the US abandoning its pivot to Asia? | Donald Trump
New Delhi, India – When United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, their summit will be…
China navy power on show in Pacific, signals ability to ‘contest’ US access | South China Sea News
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – When four Chinese vessels joined with Russian ships earlier this month in joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan, few…
The day Israeli settlers lynched two young men in the West Bank | Interactive News
Rizik ran on. Next to him was a young man who spoke to Al Jazeera later, requesting anonymity for his safety. He said Rizik fell…
New Delhi’s garbage mountains become heat bombs for India’s waste pickers | Environment News
New Delhi, India – “My right eye swells up in the heat, so I stopped going to the landfill last year,” says 38-year-old Sofia Begum,…
‘Health champions’: Local women lead the fight against polio in Nigeria | Health News
Abuja and Nasarawa, Nigeria – In the neighbourhood of Kado Lifecamp on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, 29-year-old Eucharia Joseph grips a cooler box and…
Will Trump’s India tariffs shut down world’s biggest cut diamond supplier? | Business and Economy
For Kalpesh Patel, Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated across India, might well mark lights out for his eight-year-old diamond cutting and polishing unit.The 35-year-old…
Is Israel using Gaza tribal militias to help ethnic cleansing? | Gaza
In June, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted to arming and supporting the Popular Forces militia in Gaza to oppose Hamas.“What’s wrong with this?” he…
Israel kills Anas al-Sharif and four Al Jazeera staff in Gaza: What we know | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Late on Sunday, an Israeli strike shook al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, targeting a journalists’ tent by the gate.As people rushed to help, it became…