Before Flag Day, Hamas warns tensions turning more religious
Hamas says current Israeli leadership is turning the conflict into a religious one that is more difficult to resolve.
Category Archives: Features
In Romania, Ukrainian children with special needs struggle
Providing and accessing therapy is increasingly challenging given a lack of funding, bureaucracy, and language barriers.
Erdogan: The man who has dominated Turkish politics for 20 years
As Turks gear up to vote this weekend, here's a look at key moments during the rule of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Kilicdaroglu: The challenger who could unseat Erdogan
Turkey's polls this weekend will pit opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu against incumbent President Erdogan.
EU details violations at Greece’s ‘model’ refugee camps
EU documents show Greece’s 'new generation' of camps struggle to provide accommodations in line with asylum standards.
What does the British monarchy mean to you?
As the UK prepares for King Charles’s coronation we asked four Birmingham residents what they think of the royal family.
Prayer for rain, water rations: Catalonia struggles with drought
With no sign of rain clouds, the Catalan regional government broadens curbs on water use to 495 towns or villages.
‘King Charles will be inaugurated at a time when Empire is gone’
The differences in the coronations of King Charles and his mother highlight the changing role of Britain's monarchy.
Ukraine war: Did Putin learn from Bush’s Iraq horrors?
From Wagner's crimes to the UN's role, the Iraq invasion offered a preview of the Ukraine war. But not all is the same.
US to open Latin America migration centres, expedite deportations
Group calls move to address an expected spike in border crossings a 'Faustian bargain' as COVID-19 expulsion rule ends.
Sudanese dual citizens who returned home uprooted by conflict
Dual nationals are frustrated by their foreign embassies and make their own evacuation plans.
With hardly anything to catch, Indian fisherman takes on odd jobs
His growing family in Tamil Nadu finds itself paying for seafood for the first time.
Can China replace the US in the Middle East?
As the Saudi-Iran deal shows, Beijing's clout is growing. But it can't fully substitute the US — and might not want to.
How my family and I left everything and fled Sudan for Egypt
When a missile hit Noon Abdel Bassit's home on day four of the conflict, her family made plans to leave the country.
Crowdsourcing #safety: How Twitter is helping civilians in Sudan
A civilian network organised mainly through Twitter is helping Sudanese people where aid groups cannot.
After days at sea with the Cook Islands PM, here’s what I learned
Will plans to mine the Pacific Ocean for metals needed in the green energy transition put our oceans at risk?
Ukraine’s Odesa is alive and joking despite shelling, blackouts
Russia launched a drone attack on the port city this week. Yet civilians find small sources of solace.
‘Each house is mourning’: Ramadan for a Turkish farmer and widow
Sevim cooks iftars using limited means as she copes with the death of her husband to cancer, and surviving earthquakes.
‘I am not scared’: Palestinians observe Ramadan in wartime Kyiv
Despite feelings of homesickness, many Arabs living in Ukraine feel a sense of community in the war-wracked country.
Refugees claim gas flaring cancer link in northern Iraq
Cancer rates double in affected provinces after facilities resume production in recent years.