Photos: 2023 – a year in pictures | In Pictures
From the Israel-Hamas war to Russia’s grinding battles against Ukraine, 2023 has shown the dangers of armed conflicts breaking out into region-wide combat. It has…
Photos: Israel’s war on Gaza’s children | Israel-Palestine conflict
More than 8,663 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 7, according to the government media office, which added that…
Heartbreak in Zimbabwe park: Elephants’ desperate hunt for water | Climate Crisis
Storm clouds are finally gathering over Zimbabwe’s biggest animal reserve, but it has come too late for more than 110 elephants that have died in…
No safe place for Palestinians in Gaza as Israel widens offensive | Israel-Palestine conflict News
As the Israeli military pounded central and southern Gaza by land, sea and air, Palestinian authorities reported scores of casualties and the United Nations health…
Natural disasters that plagued the world in 2023 | Climate Crisis
Natural calamities and harsh weather dominated news headlines in 2023. Seismic tremors, massive floods, raging wildfires, unrelenting droughts, landslides, cyclones and storms hit around the…
‘Dying every two hours’: Afghan women risk life to give birth | In Pictures News
Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate…
Ukraine-Russia war drags on into 2024 | Russia-Ukraine war
The year 2023 started with high hopes for Ukrainian troops planning a counteroffensive against Russia. But it is ending with disappointment on the battlefield, an…
Photos: The staggering human toll of Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 20,000 Palestinians, including women and children, destroyed homes and livelihoods, and displaced millions of people. With Israel…
Muted Christmas as Palestinian Christians mourn for Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
In a traditional season of merriment, many Palestinian Christians – in Bethlehem and beyond – are gripped with helplessness, pain and worry amid Israel’s brutal…
Palestinians flee homes in central Gaza after Israeli evacuation order | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Central Gaza strip — Israel’s war on Gaza has once again forced thousands of Palestinians to flee as the Israeli army issued new evacuation orders…
Entire Gaza at ‘risk of famine’ as fighting rages between Israel, Hamas | Israel-Palestine conflict News
United Nations agencies say that Gaza’s entire population of 2.3 million people is at “imminent risk of famine” as battles rage between Israeli forces and…
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…
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…
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…
Photos: Dozens killed in air strikes as Israel intensifies assault on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Dozens of people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on the Rafah district in the far south of the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of…
China shaken by the nation’s deadliest quake in a decade | Earthquakes News
A powerful earthquake killed at least 118 people in a cold and mountainous region in northwestern China, provincial officials said on Tuesday, in the nation’s…
Iceland volcano erupts, spewing lava, smoke after weeks of earthquakes | Volcanoes News
A volcano in southwest Iceland has erupted, spewing lava and smoke across a wide area weeks after nearly 4,000 residents of a nearby town were evacuated amid…
Hundreds evacuated as floodwaters hit northeastern Australia | Climate Crisis News
More than 300 people were rescued in the Australian state of Queensland overnight, as military helicopters assisted areas cut off by flooding, officials said on…
Israeli attacks continue as calls for a ceasefire in Gaza grow | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israel kept up deadly attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing dozens of people, despite growing international calls for a ceasefire and pleas…
Nur Shams refugee camp in West Bank reels from deadly Israeli raids | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem on Sunday morning, taking the toll in Israeli raids, including drone strikes,…