Thousands protest in Georgia over contentious ‘foreign agents’ bill | Protests News
Thousands of Georgians took to the streets in protest and politicians came to blows in parliament as governing party legislators gave the initial go-ahead for…
Thousands try to return home to north Gaza after ‘open checkpoint’ rumours | Israel War on Gaza News
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have flooded the coastal road northwards after hearing that several people managed to cross a closed checkpoint towards Gaza City,…
Week in pictures: War in Sudan, a solar eclipse, and Iran attacks Israel
A roundup of some of the week’s key events. Source link
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,…
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…
Romanian ex-prisoners fight to save memory of former communist jails | In Pictures News
Niculina Moica felt the weight of history as she pushed open the rusty iron gate to the former communist prison of Jilava, where she was…
Kremlin warns floods may worsen as Kazakhstan, Russia evacuate 100,000 | Floods News
Water levels on rivers in Russia and Kazakhstan continue to rise and flood whole villages and cities, with more than 100,000 people evacuated and the…
Prayers for Gaza: Palestinians mark sombre Eid at Al-Aqsa Mosque | Religion News
More than 60,000 Palestinians offered Eid al-Fitr prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, but the atmosphere was subdued and not festive as people…
Photos: Palestinians in Gaza prepare for Eid amid death and destruction | Israel War on Gaza News
This year, the shadow of continued Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip looms large over Palestinians as they prepare for the Muslim holiday of Eid…
Greek valley that became a lake stirs drought debate | Climate News
Gracefully rising above a din of croaking frogs as the sun sets, a pelican flies over Lake Karla, one the largest inland expanses of water in…
Residents in North America look to the sky for a rare total solar eclipse | Space
A major golf tournament ground to a halt. Schools emptied of students. And thousands of people across North America turned their eyes to the sky,…
Week in pictures: An earthquake in Taiwan to Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem
A roundup of some of last week’s events. Source link
Six months of devastation in Israel’s war on Gaza with no sign of an end | Israel War on Gaza
In Gaza, each day brings more death as strikes topple buildings with families inside. Six months of war have killed more than 33,000 Palestinians, according…
Palestinians mark last days of Ramadan on the eve of six months of war | Israel War on Gaza News
Palestinian Muslims are marking a tense and sombre last weekend in Ramadan, as Israel’s war on Gaza approaches the six-month mark. Some 120,000 people descended…
Thousands around the world rally for Palestinians on Al-Quds Day | Gaza News
Tens of thousands of people across the world have staged rallies to mark Al-Quds Day (or simply, Quds Day), an international day expressing support for…
Bangladesh opens mosque for transgender hijra community | In Pictures
Members of Bangladesh’s transgender hijra community, who were disallowed from attending other prayer services, have been welcomed at a new mosque in the Muslim-majority nation…
Gaza’s children face long road to healing | Israel War on Gaza News
Eight out of 10 schools in the Gaza Strip are damaged or destroyed, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) says, but it is the psychological…
Russian drones hit residential buildings in Ukraine’s Kharkiv | Russia-Ukraine war News
Russian attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, have killed at least four people and injured 12, officials in the border region have said. Shahed…
One in 10 Afghan children under five malnourished, 45 percent stunted: UN | Poverty and Development
Roya carefully spoon-feeds her daughter fortified milk in a ward for malnourished children, praying the tiny infant will avoid a condition that stalks one in…
Tourist numbers up in post-war Afghanistan | Tourism News
His soldier son toured Afghanistan with fighters in his crosshairs, but US traveller Oscar Wells has a different objective – sightseeing promoted by the Taliban’s…