‘Our lives are still fractured’: Northern Ireland’s ‘peace babies’ | Politics
Belfast, Northern Ireland — The political leaders caught up in the 30-year Troubles of Northern Ireland were so consumed with fighting over “land, soil, territory”,…
How to pay for genocide: The cost of Germany’s colonial crimes in Namibia | Conflict
Berlin, Germany – South of Berlin, the expansive Treptower Park stretches out alongside the Spree river – an oasis of tranquillity in an otherwise restless…
Israel orders ‘death corridor’ evacuation for Palestinians in central Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
Central Gaza Strip — Israel has ordered Palestinians to evacuate from parts of central Gaza, its latest such directive as it pushes more of the…
In Jerusalem’s Christian Quarter, ‘it doesn’t even feel like Christmas’ | Occupied East Jerusalem News
Old City, occupied East Jerusalem – In the Christian Quarter, it doesn’t look a lot like Christmas this year. There are almost no lights, no…
‘We feel abandoned’: Survivors of Italy’s devastating floods | Floods
Faenza, Italy — The moment Giorgio Patuelli realised that all his possessions had been destroyed in an instant, was surreal. “That night, when I believed…
‘Without work and hope’: Bethlehem’s Christmas economy bleeds from Gaza war | Israel-Palestine conflict
Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – Revered in the Christian tradition as the birthplace of Christ, the town of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank is…
Beyond Gaza: How Yemen’s Houthis gain from attacking Red Sea ships | Features
Beirut, Lebanon – A 10-country coalition led by the United States is unlikely to be able to stop Yemen’s Houthi rebels from attacking ships in…
2023 has been one hell of a year, from biggest celeb A-hole to most shameless hypocrites…here’s my Xmas cracker awards
IT’S been one hell of a year . . . From the first, glorious Coronation of a new British monarch in my lifetime, and Taylor Swift’s equally stunning…
Young Kenyan ballet dancers stage early Christmas performance | Arts and Culture
As the sun sets on the narrow streets of Africa’s largest informal settlement, children hurry to change from daily clothes into pointe shoes and other…
Putin’s confidence upstages Zelenskyy as Ukraine faces uncertain 2024 | Russia-Ukraine war News
Russia’s Vladimir Putin has committed to spending a post-Cold War record $157bn fighting Ukraine and securing Russia next year – a 70 percent increase on…
‘India out’: Maldives president eyes Middle East partners with early trips | Politics
When the new Maldives president, Mohamed Muizzu, stepped on a plane in late November for his first overseas visit since being sworn in barely a…
Beyond Australia’s failed referendum: Truth, treaty and voice in Victoria | Indigenous Rights News
Melbourne, Australia – In October this year, a referendum to establish an Indigenous “Voice to Parliament” in the Australian Constitution was heavily defeated at the…
Court cases & ballot bans only make Trump’s chances of winning stronger – it’s time to get ready for his return to DC
COULD Donald Trump win the US Presidency again? You bet. And strangely enough, every attempt to stop him seems only to help him. Yesterday it…
Reclaiming Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan style | Bollywood
Sudhir Kothari, 36, a financial analyst and adviser based in the southern Indian city of Chennai, has ordered a special five-kilogramme (11-pound) choco-truffle cake, garlands…
’Everything is dead’: How record drought is wreaking havoc on the Amazon | Drought News
Curralinho, Brazil – For communities on the Brazilian island of Marajó, the ebb and flow of the Canaticu River marks the turn of the seasons.…
Drones help solve the forest carbon capture riddle in Thailand | Environment
On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a drone’s rotors begin to whir, lifting it over a patch…
Sisters in support: Decriminalising sex work from inside Kampala brothels | Prostitution
Kampala, Uganda – Down a muddy alley in a slum in Wabiduku on the eastern edge of Kampala, past vendors hawking bits of fried fish…
‘Fed up with war’: Yemenis fear new conflict after Houthi Red Sea attacks | Israel-Palestine conflict
Sanaa, Yemen — When Israel’s war on Gaza broke out on October 7, Saleh Abdullah, a 48-year-old supermarket owner in Sanaa, joined pro-Palestine mass protests, expressing…
Cambodia’s female tuk-tuk drivers fight prejudice on road to equality | Gender Equity
Every day Roeung Sorphy deftly weaves through the streets of Siem Reap, zigzagging past cars, motorbikes and the occasional stray dog as she shepherds tourists…
‘No safe place’: Jenin’s Freedom Theatre raided, daubed with Star of David | Israel-Palestine conflict
The Freedom Theatre in Jenin, a popular symbol of peace and hope in the occupied West Bank, has been raided, vandalised and painted with Israeli…