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…
Black power and ‘edutainment’: The political roots of hip-hop music | Music
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat I tried to get away but I couldn’t get…
Carnival extravaganza kicks off in Brazil | In Pictures
To thunderous applause, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor coronated King Momo, marking the beginning of the symbolic Carnival monarch’s five-day reign over the revelry which began…
‘Want to go home’: Nepalis fighting for Russia in Ukraine describe horrors | Russia-Ukraine war
Kathmandu, Nepal – On a bitterly cold morning in early January, somewhere near Tokmak city in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Bimal Bhandari* began a risky journey…
Who are the Islamic Resistance in Iraq? | News
At 9:30pm on Wednesday, a United States drone strike hit a car in the al-Mashtal neighbourhood of east Baghdad. US Central Command claimed responsibility for…
Lunar New Year 2024 explained in five emblematic dishes | Arts and Culture News
It’s the year of the dragon, and celebrations are about to begin. Starting on Saturday, hundreds of millions of people around the globe will mark…
‘I said I’d bury my son with his graddad’: Tales from Syria’s earthquake | Turkey-Syria Earthquake
Idlib, northwest Syria – At the top of a green hill separating the Syria-Turkey border from the small village of al-Allani in the northern countryside…
How Taiwan’s elections challenge the power of China’s Communist Party | Elections News
If free and fair national elections are considered the hallmark of a democratic state, Taiwan has much to boast about. In January, the self-ruled island…
‘He needs our votes’: In Karachi, Pakistan election tests old loyalties | Elections
Karachi, Pakistan – These are the fourth general elections I’m covering in Pakistan over the past 16 years. In a city where colours, music and ethnicities…
‘God of war’: Russian Orthodox Church stands by Putin, but at what cost? | Russia-Ukraine war News
A masked, uniformed, gun-toting soldier has the letter Z, a Kremlin-approved symbol of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on his shoulder. Jesus Christ, frail and devoid…
As early results come in, could Pakistan election spring a surprise? | Elections
Lahore, Pakistan: When I stepped out on a cool Thursday morning to cover Pakistan’s 12th general election, there was an air of inevitability about the…
America’s underemployment problem | Business and Economy
New York City, USA – Makalah Monroe works at an Outback Steakhouse in Laurel, Maryland. She is a student and the only one in her…
Auspicious but unlucky: The perils of a lunar new year dragon baby boom | Arts and Culture News
Taipei, Taiwan – IHua Wu was born in 1976, the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac. The only mythical animal in the zodiac,…
In Romania, some fathers opt to take on the lion’s share of childcare | Women News
Bucharest, Romania – In an eastern Bucharest neighbourhood filled with apartment blocks, Oana wakes up and makes breakfast as her husband, Vlad, tends to their baby,…
In northwest Syria, some earthquake debris is gone, an emptiness remains | Turkey-Syria Earthquake
Northwest Syria - The massive earthquakes that destroyed swaths of northwest Syria and southern Turkey last year have left their mark on the regions that…
‘Guerilla jalsa’: How Imran Khan is fighting Pakistan election from jail | Elections
Lahore, Pakistan — It was a eureka moment for Jibran Ilyas. Like much of his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Ilyas had been swamped by…
In legal no-man’s land, refugees in Malaysia struggle to eat, pay rent | Refugees News
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – It is late afternoon in Kuala Lumpur and in the harsh heat, Zabi* concludes his third visit to the doctor in…
Israel’s assault on Gaza, through Mona’s eyes | Israel War on Gaza
In early November, an Israeli bomb upended Mona Abdel Raheem’s life in Gaza. The explosion destroyed her home and killed her neighbour in Jabalia, a…
‘We are at crossroads’: Tension builds in Senegal amid election delay | Elections
Dakar, Senegal – Plateau, the downtown Dakar neighbourhood that is home to the country’s National Assembly, was tense but quiet on Monday morning. Inside parliament,…
In Modi’s constituency Varanasi, India’s next temple-mosque spat explodes | Religion News
Varanasi/Bengaluru, India – A festive atmosphere engulfed Varanasi, one of Hinduism’s holiest cities situated on the banks of the river Ganga. It was the week Prime…