How Israel destroyed Gaza’s ability to feed itself | Israel-Palestine conflict News
At the start of summer, Gaza's fields are usually bursting with ripening crops and fruits of all colours, scents and sizes. But, nearly nine months…
Anti-coup forces allege Myanmar military using banned, restricted weapons | Conflict News
Mae Sot, Thailand – Once again, the attack came from the sky. The Kachin resistance fighters barely heard the sound of the propellers as the…
Indonesian band takes stand for Taiwan’s migrant workers | Labour Rights News
Kaohsiung, Taiwan – Surrounded by his fellow band members, Rudi takes the stage in Taiwan’s southern port city of Kaohsiung. As he looks out over…
The hidden dangers of Zimbabwe’s informal savings clubs | Poverty and Development News
Harare, Zimbabwe – It was two days before Christmas in the low-income neighbourhood of Mabvuku in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. Music played, people chatted and most…
Squatters take London’s housing crisis into their own hands | Housing
In the shopping streets and housing estates of the South London town of Croydon, some once-derelict buildings are slowly coming back to life. At a…
Remembering the ‘Stronismo’: How ghost of a brutal dictator haunts Paraguay | Politics
Marina Kue, Curuguaty, Paraguay – A lonely dirt road leads to Marina Kue in eastern Paraguay; 2,000 hectares of arable land forever marked as a…
India vs South Africa: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 final Barbados | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
Bridgetown, Barbados – And then there were two. India and South Africa have made it to the T20 World Cup Final, each side undefeated through…
Tension and stand-offs as South Africa struggles to launch coalition gov’t | Politics News
Johannesburg, South Africa – Nearly a month since landmark national elections saw the African National Congress (ANC) lose its majority for the first time, forcing…
Record heat, surging blazes push Delhi’s firefighters to the brink | Climate
Indervir Singh has worked for the Delhi Fire Services for 32 years but he cannot recall responding to as many fires as this summer. Temperatures…
Biden and Trump nixed the debate commission. What does it mean for voters? | US Election 2024 News
Time and again, he reached for his handkerchief, dabbing a face that glistened under the hot TV lights. Richard Nixon would walk away from the…
How Hardik Pandya turned boos into cheers in India’s T20 World Cup 2024 run | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
Hardik Pandya first heard them in Ahmedabad on March 24 in the opening week of the Indian Premier League 2024. The boos that rumbled around…
India exports rockets, explosives to Israel amid Gaza war, documents reveal | Gaza
In the early morning hours of May 15, the cargo vessel Borkum stopped off the Spanish coast, lingering in the waters a short distance from…
A right to drink? Inside the debate to protect US workers against the heat | Climate Crisis News
Dallas, Texas – More than a decade later, Eva Marroquin’s voice still shakes when she talks about it. The 51-year-old mother of five had been…
‘Britain’s on its knees’: The broken UK town backing Nigel Farage | Politics
Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom – As the midday sun spreads over Clacton, seagulls cawing above the quiet seafront, Lee* meanders around searching for shade. He stops…
Voice of Baceprot: Indonesia’s female metalheads get set for Glastonbury | Music News
Medan, Indonesia – The Indonesian female metal band Voice of Baceprot are worried about their upcoming performance at Glastonbury in the west of England, but…
Norwegian accused by Greece of smuggling: ‘I’ve perhaps made people angry’ | Refugees News
Athens, Greece – Towards the end of May, the east Aegean island of Kos issued an arrest warrant for Tommy Olsen. It will soon reach…
In Beirut, the Yacoubian holds generations of Lebanese memories and dreams | Beirut explosion
In 1990, Rami and Nada el-Zein decided to merge their computer company Interface with another. They rented space in the first and second floor of…
Learning to live after my husband’s suicide | Mental Health
That Easter was particularly hot. As I lay in the inflatable kiddie pool in my dried-up yard in California’s Inland Empire, I squinted my eyes…
DRC’s biggest dance festival embodies the spirit of perseverance | In Pictures
For Virginie Magumba, a 22-year-old professional dancer from Goma, in eastern Congo, dancing is more than just a career. “Dancing helps me liberate myself, manage…
Could therapy horses be the solution to Britain’s prison crisis? | Prison
“I was hungover that morning. I’d had an argument with my kids’ mum the night before and got drunk,” says Sam, 31, recalling the day…