Can Sunil Kanugolu bring India’s Modi down, 10 years after helping him win? | India Election 2024
A small crack in one of the pillars supporting the world’s largest lift-irrigation project was the opening that Sunil Kanugolu was looking for as he…
The thousands of Palestinians Israel arrests, tortures, holds even in death | Israel War on Gaza News
In July 2020, the Israeli army stormed Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank and arrested Nada* while she was attending a cultural event. She…
UK set to ban tobacco sales for a ‘smoke-free’ generation. Will it work? | Health News
Britain is set to impose tough measures to stub out smoking, which has emerged as one of the biggest causes of cancer deaths in the…
Sick ex studied psychology so he could train me like a dog & threatened to send rape video I didn’t know about to my dad
STARING at her laptop in horror, Juliana Terlizzi realised her former partner was actually a “dangerous psychopath”. The London-based chef had stumbled across a video…
‘Mama we’re dying’: Only able to hear her kids in Gaza in their final days | Israel War on Gaza
Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – Hanan al-Qeeq sits next to a hospital bed in Beit Jala Hospital, her sad, pale face seconds away from tears…
Behind India’s Manipur conflict: A tale of drugs, armed groups and politics | Business and Economy
Sugnu, India – Ratan Kumar Singh, a 58-year-old high school teacher, never imagined he would be happy to see armed fighters, or “revolutionaries” as he…
Birth, death, escape: Three women’s struggle through Sudan’s war | Humanitarian Crises
On April 14, 2023, Yasmine* stepped off the plane and into the arms of her sister in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital. The Sudanese human rights activist…
‘We’re on the edge’: Palestinians terrified by Israeli settler violence | Features News
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are living in fear as armed Israeli settlers attack them, their families and homes in vengeful acts of violence…
Manipur’s BJP CM inflamed conflict: Assam Rifles report on India violence | India Election 2024
Kangpokpi/Imphal, India – On Christmas Eve, it was eerily calm inside a makeshift bunker with piles of gunny bags and a tin roof. Hunkered inside…
A year of violence, of displacement, of violations in Sudan’s war | In Pictures
A year since it started, the war in Sudan has spiralled into one of the world’s largest and most complex displacement crises. Since April 15,…
Nigeria’s Chibok girls kidnapping: 10 years later, a struggle to move on | Boko Haram
Maiduguri, Nigeria – It has been nearly a year since 26-year-old Rabiat left the Boko Haram enclave she was held in for close to a…
The legendary flavoured ground salt from India: Pisyu loon | Fork the System
On the plate in front of me, raw mango slices have been carefully arranged into the petals of a flower. My friend, Alka Dogra, urges…
Sikhs celebrate harvest festival of Baisakhi, marking new year | Religion
Baisakhi is an ancient festival symbolising the new harvest season and the beginning of the solar new year. In gurdwaras, or Sikh temples, people participate…
Will the Palestinian tech sector decouple from Israel? | Israel War on Gaza
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – In early March, a Uruguayan e-commerce company sent Marwan Khanfar and others a message on Slack. “Good morning [company] team,…
‘Bullet in my head’: The Indian man who crawled to escape Russia’s Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war
Thiruvananthapuram, India – A tangled gun strap almost cost Prince Sebastian his life. It was 6pm local time on February 4. Prince and his contingent of…
Inside Victoria Beckham’s posh 50th birthday bash with surprisingly ‘casual’ theme, A-list pals and ex of pop superstar
SHE burst on to the pop scene 28 years ago as one fifth of the all-singing, all-dancing Spice Girls. On Wednesday, Victoria Beckham turns 50…
Ant and Dec’s best Saturday Night Takeaway moments EVER as duo promise ‘party to end all parties’ to close show
ANT and Dec have vowed to throw “the party to end all parties” to polish off the last ever Saturday Night Takeaway. The Geordie duo…
Agadez, Niger’s gateway to the Sahara, finds new life in the migrant trade | Migration
Agadez, Niger - Ousmane Kouyate* stands beside a petrol station on National Road 25 that runs through Agadez, more than 900km north of Niger’s capital…
‘At war until you die’: Ukraine scraps service limit, angering tired troops | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv, Ukraine – After almost two years of military service on the front lines of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Alina’s husband is “enraged” about the new…
Before India election, Instagram boosts Modi AI images that violate rules | India Election 2024
Bengaluru, India – In early March, a realistic AI-generated image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, styled as Bhishma Pitamah from the ancient Hindu epic…