How Zohran Mamdani reached a multilingual, multicultural New York online
Mamdani surged from one percent in polls in February to 56 percent by July, fuelled in no small part by social media.
Category Archives: Features
‘A true hell’: How three Srebrenica survivors defied death 30 years ago
Amid a genocide, they crawled through slush, trekked through forests, and dodged bullets and bombs, losing loved ones.
As millions adopt Grok to fact-check, misinformation abounds
As Grok provides instant fact checks to users on X, its ability to make things up is outstripping its usefulness.
‘Just a few bones’: 30 years on, Srebrenica still buries its dead
Seven more victims of the 1995 massacre by Bosnian Serb forces were buried during Friday's sombre 30-year anniversary.
Bangladeshi rap, memes helped oust Hasina — now they’re reshaping politics
Young Bangladeshis are using the same weapons that helped them uproot Sheikh Hasina to hold today's rulers accountable.
The US aked Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah. How did Lebanon respond?
The Lebanese presidency handed a reply to US Special Envoy Tom Barrack on Monday over Hezbollah's disarmament.
What’s in Trump’s ceasefire proposal and can it end Israel’s war on Gaza?
Discussions over a ceasefire are intensifying as Israel kills more Palestinians, sowing doubts that a deal can happen.
‘End is near’: Will Kabul become first big city without water by 2030?
The city of six million people could soon run out water, amid climate change, sanctions and governance failures.
‘Lucky to be alive’: The 12-year-old shot by Israeli snipers in Jerusalem
Two young members of a Palestinian family were left with life-altering injuries when Israeli police opened fire.
‘Village of one kidney’: India-Bangladesh organ traffickers rob poor donors
Using loopholes and fraud, brokers turn poverty in Bangladesh and demand for transplants in India into booming business.
How generative AI is affecting people’s minds
Psychology experts have many concerns about the potential impact of AI on the human mind.
Foreign aid cuts hurt the most vulnerable in world’s largest refugee camp
In recent months, healthcare in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh has been badly affected by foreign aid cuts.
In an age of abundance and ceasefires, Gaza starves, and the war won’t stop
Al Jazeera's Maram Humaid writes a letter from Gaza, the place the world chose to forget.
India’s innovation push falters with researchers denied timely funding
Months-long delays in the payment of stipends leave researchers struggling to make ends meet.
‘I lost both legs’: Palestinians scale separation wall for chance to work
Desperate to earn a living, some in occupied West Bank are risking their lives to enter Israel amid tighter security.
The woman raising 98 children with disabilities in Uganda
At her 'Home of Hope', Edith Lukabwe cares for children abandoned by their families.
‘The shelter was full’: Israelis confront unprecedented missile barrages
As Iran and Israel exchange deadly attacks, many Israelis shelter as they contend with a shattered sense of security.
Who was Mohammad Bagheri, chief of Iran’s military killed by Israel?
Mohammad Bagheri was assassinated by Israel. Who was the most senior military figure in Iran?
How deadly Air India crash shattered dreams, wiped out entire families
The dead include a young man who won a visa lottery; families returning from a wedding and Eid; a student eating lunch.
‘Save what we can’: Economic uncertainty, Trump rhetoric hits US travel
US travel industry has been hit by domestic consumers cutting back and foreigners snubbing country over Trump rhetoric.