‘Want to go home’: Nepalis fighting for Russia in Ukraine describe horrors
They were lured by the promise of $3,000 paycheques and Russian citizenship. Now they're trapped, wounded or dead.
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‘He needs our votes’: In Karachi, Pakistan election tests old loyalties
The city's voters have changed, but its challenges – cleanliness, sewage, water and cooking gas – remain the same.
‘I said I’d bury my son with his graddad’: Tales from Syria’s earthquake
Every morning, Ibrahim visits the graves of his nine family members who were killed in the earthquake last year.
Zimbabwe nurses seek better conditions abroad but fear for patients at home
Health workers outside the country say they still check on their patients in Zimbabwe as its health sector deteriorates.
Why is an Indian state punishing live-in relationships?
Couples must register with the government, or risk going to jail. That's in a law that is also worrying India's Muslims.
America’s underemployment problem
Despite record job growth, employees are not necessarily finding sustainable jobs that meet the cost of living surge.
‘Moving is torment’: Life for amputees after Turkey earthquakes
Around 70,000 people in Turkey are believed to have a disability caused by injuries in last year's earthquakes.
Economic hardship, insecurity spike in Mali as ECOWAS exit looms
Mali's exit from the bloc comes as citizens complain about fallout of regions sanctions imposed following the two coups.
Pakistan’s election: Can the next government bring economic stability?
There will be no honeymoon period for winners of this week's pivotal 2024 polls as economic challenges loom large.
‘Guerilla jalsa’: How Imran Khan is fighting Pakistan election from jail
Amid a crackdown against it, the former PM's party is resorting to tech-driven, unconventional campaigning strategies.
Israel’s assault on Gaza, through Mona’s eyes
Displaced to Rafah, Mona Abdel Raheem lives through another cycle of war and Palestinian dispossession.
Voices from the occupied West Bank: ‘They’re forcing us into islands’
Five Palestinians speak of the trials and tribulations of living under occupation, stripped of the right to resist.
Surveilled, harassed by Israel – life as a West Bank Palestinian
Up close and personal with the discrimination Palestinians face every day from Israeli authorities.
Northwest Syria’s love for puppies, kittens blooms a year after earthquake
Dedicated team rescued more than 1,300 animals after last year's quakes, and many of them are now finding loving homes.
‘We’re being starved’: Dispatch from Gaza City as Israeli assault continues
'I don't write to engender sorrow, had sorrow moved people, we wouldn’t be where we are now,' writes Mohammed Mhawish.
Afraa, ‘miracle baby’ of Syria’s earthquake, is turning one
Walking a bit, talking a bit, the baby born under rubble nearly a year ago is thriving with her adoptive family.
The Sikh kitchen that feeds Manila’s moneylenders
A bustling Punjabi community space is serving up a hearty mix of Indian and Filipino food - free to everyone
Rural Kenyans power West’s AI revolution. Now they want more
Labelling data for international AI companies has become a hustle for young Kenyans. Now, they dream of designing too.
How Israel’s flooding of Gaza’s tunnels will impact freshwater supply
Pumping of seawater will contaminate underground freshwater and ruin the conditions of life in Gaza, experts say.
Shooting war: Gaza’s visual storytellers under ‘blatant’ attack
The strip's photojournalists, videographers and camera operators are paying the ultimate price for their work.