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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem | Israel War on Gaza News
Tens of thousands of Israelis have marched in Jerusalem, calling for increased efforts to free captives held in Gaza and the removal of Prime Minister…
Photos: Aftermath of an Israeli air strike on hospital courtyard | Israel War on Gaza News
At least two people have been killed and several others wounded after an Israeli air strike hit the courtyard of the crowded Al-Aqsa Hospital in…
Belfast mural artists put up powerful show of solidarity with Gaza | In Pictures
A group of mural artists in Northern Ireland have transformed Belfast’s iconic International Wall into the Palestinian Wall, in a show of solidarity with the…
What’s happening in Haiti?
The recent political chaos and gang violence can be traced back to Haiti’s long history with political turmoil. Source link
Angry farmers block Brussels to protest EU policies, cheap Ukraine imports | Protests News
Farmers threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight in Brussels as hundreds of tractors sealed off streets close to the European Union…
Russia steps up bombardment of Ukraine’s capital | Russia-Ukraine war News
Russia launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days, part of an apparent escalation of the aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities as…
Brazil races to the rescue as storm death toll rises | Weather News
Rescuers raced against the clock on Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil’s mountainous southeast, after storms and heavy rains killed at least 25 people…
Week in pictures: From deadly ISIL attack in Russia to drought in Vietnam
A roundup of some of the main events last week. Source link