Is Neha Bora, India’s new red star, Modi’s real Gen Z threat?
Firebrand student leader has become face of the youth protest movement taking on Modi's Hindu majoritarian government.
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Yemen’s critically ill are trapped as war closes the country’s airports
A re-ignition of Yemen's war has left the chronically sick who need treatment trapped in the country.
The night watch: Palestinians protecting their homes from settler pogroms
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are organising to protect themselves from settler attacks.
Creating a ghost town: Lives in limbo behind Israeli gates and checkpoints
Israeli restrictions in Hebron have made life for Palestinians from the city a daily ordeal.
Can India’s ‘cockroach’ movement oust Modi’s election chief?
India's youth protests return to streets, eyeing PM Modi's prized bureaucrat who oversees the world's biggest elections.
Wolf encounter: A photographer on what humans have lost
How a brush with the wild can expose what modern life no longer asks of us.
‘Containerabad’: Pakistan’s capital and truckers bleed money amid lockdown
As Islamabad prepares for another opposition march, drivers and businesses are counting the cost of the barricades.
Palestinian archaeologists race against time to save Gaza’s heritage
A Palestinian team rescued Gaza's artefacts. The question now is where to store them.
Are Houthis using new modified cruise missiles in Yemen’s war?
Experts say use of modified Iranian defence system could alter the balance in the fight for the Red Sea.
Malaysia gave refuge to Rohingya; now it wants them to go
Malaysia welcomed persecuted Muslim minority but now plans to send them back to Myanmar amid rising hate against them.
Serbia’s snap election: Can Vucic outmanoeuvre the student revolt?
The country's early parliamentary elections won’t end its crisis or defuse Vucic’s troubles, analysts say.
What Palestinian children endure in Israeli detention
Every day, Fidaa Zalbani checks the room of her son, Mohammed, 17, tidying his bed and arranging untouched clothes.
Can the US ban Iranian airlines worldwide – and what would it mean?
Analysts say new sweeping US sanctions stand to worsen lives of millions of Iranians struggling in battered economy.
‘Poor bear the impact’: Sugar prices soar in India, souring festive season
India is one of the world's largest sugar consumers, but usually produces much more.
BJP effect: Beef is vanishing from India’s Bengal, forcing diet changes
Since Prime Minister Modi's BJP came to power in West Bengal, beef is vanishing from menus as supplies become harder.
How Israel’s destruction of south Lebanon is making displacement permanent
With lost livelihoods, destroyed homes and little security, many displaced Lebanese are facing an entrenched reality.
‘I want to cry’: Afghan medical students in Pakistan face expulsion fear
A court has temporarily suspended a directive to expel the students, but the threat of eviction lingers.
Hundreds of thousands lack adequate shelter at Sudan’s Tawila camp
Insufficient aid and shelter increase hardship for displaced in Tawila, as malnutrition and disease spread rapidly.
Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank are choking the Palestinian economy
Israeli military checkpoints are choking the West Bank economy, devastating local businesses and daily life.
‘Gone in a blink’: Nepal floods sweep away Indian workers who built hotels
The migrants were at work, building homes and hotels, when the floods hit, sweeping three of them away.