Why a Sri Lankan island is sparking an Indian election controversy
PM Modi claims former Congress government sneakily gifted Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka. But the truth is complex.
Category Archives: Features
Revisiting molokhia amid war and displacement in Gaza
Six months into the relentless war, Al Jazeera reached out again to Siham to document how her life in Gaza has changed.
Rwanda genocide: ‘Frozen faces still haunt’ photojournalist, 30 years on
Jack Picone reflects on his journey through Rwanda in 1994, and the lifelong nightmares it has left him with.
Reusing scalpels, operating with no anaesthesia: A doctor’s diary in Gaza
Riyadh Almasharqah spent two weeks in Gaza's European Hospital, is trying to return to continue caring for people there.
How one Mexican beach town saved itself from ‘death by tourism’
Stunning Puerto Escondido was on a direct path to destruction. But the community fought back - and won.
Saving Sarah: The last Jewish embroidery shop in India’s Kochi
How one Muslim man's deep bond with a Jewish woman in India lives on through the shop she left to him.
Can Jacob Zuma and his MK party unseat the ANC in South Africa’s election?
Backed by the controversial ex-president, uMkhonto weSizwe is challenging the ruling ANC in Zuma's home province.
‘Humour is powerful’: Cartoons take on Uganda’s repressive government
Huge potholes and rundown hospitals are actually getting fixed – thanks to online satirical campaigns
Communing with spirits and coping with death: Grief food in three cultures
From Russia to Sri Lanka, rituals around the preparation and eating of special 'grief food' bring comfort to mourners.
Senegal’s fishermen pin hopes on new president to help them fill their nets
As foreign boats and illegal trawlers lower fish stocks, local fishers want Diomaye Faye's government to bring change.
Mexico debates a rising political party’s ‘New Deal’ for the poor
The Morena party and its outgoing populist president, Lopez Obrador, are raising Mexicans' 'revolutionary consciousness'
On the front line of Russian attacks, Ukraine’s Odesa cries out for US aid
As increasingly frequent and ferocious attacks kill civilians, Odesa is calling for promised US air defences.
Trapped, abandoned: Filipino workers lured to Poland by shadowy agents
Filipinos pay large sums to unofficial recruitment companies, only to find themselves at the sharp end of Polish law.
Who is election disrupter Robert F Kennedy Jr?
Could the candidate projecting himself as an outsider really crash the two-party US electoral system?
Israel’s toxic legacy: Bombing southern Lebanon with white phosphorus
Scientists, historians point to a pattern in Israel's white phosphorous use that destroyed swathes of southern Lebanon.
‘Never-ending humiliation’: Recalling horrors in Libya’s migration centres
Rescued in the middle of the Mediterranean, two men describe their experience being trafficked.
How a South African village turned an alien tree into superfood coffee
A caffeine-free 'coffee' in South Africa turns a problem plant into a healthy drink - and income for a remote community.
Alaa’s sad Mother’s Day after Israel’s war on Gaza killed her children
A mother and poet finds herself lost for words to process the loss of her four children this Mother's Day.
How Yazan starved to death amid Israel’s war on Gaza
A family remains in shock at how a vicious war destroyed their son's health and took him away from them.
Coffee’s in danger: Can Vietnam’s Robusta save it from climate change?
In Vietnam, producers are on an urgent quest: To rehabilitate the widely grown, but much-maligned, Robusta coffee bean.