In Kenya, women hold ‘Dark Valentine’ vigils to press for end to femicides | Women
Nairobi, Kenya – As people around the world mark Valentine’s Day with flowers and chocolate, Kenyan women are mourning. Hundreds of them donned black outfits…
Exploited, abused, trapped: The lives of Italy’s South Asian rose sellers | Workers’ Rights
Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. After a night of selling roses in Tuscany, Mohammed* was cycling along a seaside…
In Gaziantep, love bloomed in the midst of earthquake rubble | Turkey-Syria Earthquake
Gaziantep, Turkey – A few hours after the first massive earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria last year, Ahmad Nached decided to marry…
Nigerian star Iwobi faces cyberbullying after AFCON loss to Ivory Coast | Football
Abidjan, Ivory Coast – In the aftermath of Nigeria’s defeat on Sunday at the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria midfielder Alexander Iwobi archived…
Ukraine’s new army chief is known as the ‘butcher’. Can he beat Russia? | Russia-Ukraine war News
The new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi has built a fearsome reputation as a military commander in the war…
‘Killed by police bullets’: Deadly clash scars Muslims in India’s Haldwani | Politics
Haldwani, India – At about 6:45pm on February 8, Mohammad Arif called his brother Zahid. A mosque and an Islamic school had been razed by…
‘There will be massacres’: Palestinians in Rafah speak of their fears | Israel War on Gaza
Rafah, Gaza Strip – About 1.5 million Palestinians, most of them displaced, are squeezed into the small city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.…
‘Disappointed’: Indonesians reflect on legacy of departing Joko Widodo | Joko Widodo News
Solo, Indonesia – On a visit to the city of Surakarta, also known as Solo, it might appear that Indonesian President Joko Widodo has many…
‘Fix it from within’: More Chinese Indonesians chase seats in parliament | Elections News
Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia will see almost 10,000 people, including some from the country’s ethnic Chinese minority, competing in Wednesday’s general elections to become one…
Fifty years on, a case to uphold Indigenous rights resonates in the US | Indigenous Rights News
First, she heard a ping, then the sound of something hitting her boat. It was 1975, and Norma Cagey, only 18 years old at the…
‘Structureless party’: How Chamisa led Zimbabwe’s main opposition astray | Politics
Harare, Zimbabwe – On January 25, exactly two years and three days after Zimbabwe’s main opposition party the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was launched,…
As corporate America pivots to AI, consumers rejected for loans, jobs | Technology
New York City – Rachel S lives in a walkable neighbourhood in Brooklyn, New York. Most days she is able to live comfortably without a…
Two orphaned teens got their seven siblings to Rafah; now they live in fear | Israel War on Gaza
Deir el-Balah/Rafah, Gaza – In a little tent in Rafah, 15-year-old Nagham al-Yaziji and her brother Mohammad, 14, are holding down the fort as best…
Egyptians accused of Pylos shipwreck deny smuggling charges, blame Greece | Refugees News
Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. Athens, Greece – Saeed* cannot understand why he is in the Avlona prison, a…
Famine looms in Sudan | Features News
In September, Soulayma Abdel Hay started a soup kitchen in Sudan’s capital Khartoum. She solicited overseas donations to buy rice, beans and eggs and to…
How AI is used to resurrect dead Indian politicians as elections loom | Business and Economy
Bengaluru, India – On January 23, an icon of Indian cinema and politics, M Karunanidhi appeared before a live audience on a large projected screen,…
Week in pictures: From turmoil in DR Congo to a climate protest in Jakarta
A roundup of some of last week’s events. Source link
Turkey’s ‘Roma ‘groups have felt the earthquake’s impact more than others | Turkey-Syria Earthquake
Istanbul, Turkey – The earthquakes that struck southern Turkey a year ago left millions facing the loss of loved ones, homes and jobs. But none were…
Villa Mokbel: New hope for Beirut’s forgotten architectural gem | Features
Beirut, Lebanon – With its grand Ottoman-era palaces and mansions, Beirut’s historical Sursock Street in the heart of the Achrafieh district – dotted with pockets…
Q&A: Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto ‘confident’ of election victory | Elections
Jakarta, Indonesia – On February 14, more than 204 million Indonesians will have the chance to vote for their new president. Incumbent Joko Widodo is…