‘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.
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India-Pakistan conflict claims an unlikely victim: Himalayan pink salt
The recent trade ban comes on the heels of an armed attack in Kashmir in which gunmen killed 26 people.
In Italy, a choir of immigrants and locals tells the story of Venice
Beyond the palaces, an ensemble sings about the workers who built a city on water - and the newcomers who sustain it.
‘Open prison’: The forced labour driving India’s $5 trillion economy dream
India has more than 300 million unorganised sector workers. Many suffer from withheld wages, endless toil and coercion.
Why Hamas is seeking to change the US-proposed Gaza ceasefire deal
Hamas claims the response was positive but with added provisions. Still, they've drawn criticism from the US and Israel.
This is what it is like to be held in solitary confinement in a US prison
For those of us who have experienced isolation in prison, it's a trauma that never leaves.
In Canada, a daughter’s fight to bring her murdered mother home
When a serial killer murdered four Indigenous women in Canada, the authorities refused to search for their remains.
India’s latest coffee hub? Beans and brews offer new hope to Nagaland
Forty years after saplings first came to Nagaland, the northeast Indian state's coffee is creating a niche for itself.
Abused, exploited: How two Africans became trapped in a cyber-scam in Laos
Southeast Asia's multibillion-dollar cyber-scam centres lure victims from as far away as Africa.
Hezbollah holds firm in Lebanon’s municipal elections
Establishment parties, including Hezbollah, emerge as the biggest winners in the first municipal polls since 2016.
Palestinians see plan to push them from land as Israel builds national park
For Israel, the park in Sebastia will be a link to their heritage. Palestinians see an attempt to force them out.
What is Israel’s new major ground offensive, Operation Gideon’s Chariots?
Israeli military launches a ground offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip as ceasefire talks are held in Doha.
Could AI help elderly people and refugees reconstruct unrecorded pasts?
How a studio in Barcelona is using artificial intelligence to create 'synthetic memories' where no visual records exist.
What does the PKK’s disarming mean for its regional allies?
Syria's SDF is unlikely to follow the PKK's lead and disarm, but talks with Damascus could be bolstered.
Vladimir Putin: After 25 years in power, what next for Russia’s president?
From chasing rats as a child to the KGB, how 72-year-old Putin came to power - and what drives him now.
Between borders and bombs, I lost my mum: A daughter’s tribute from Gaza
As Israel continues to bomb Gaza, Maram Humaid writes about never getting the chance to say goodbye to her mother.
Are Yemen’s non-Houthi groups seeking US support to attack the Houthis?
Anti-Houthi forces have lobbied for US support to fight the group. Will they be getting it?
The woman braving tigers, crocodiles and pirates in Bangladesh’s mangroves
In the forest where she lives, Mahfuza spends her days navigating rivers where danger lurks.
The Ethiopian bookbinder connecting a city’s people with its forgotten past
For three decades, Abdallah Ali Sherif has been on a mission to explore Harar's once-repressed cultural identity.
Pakistani mother, Indian son: Post-Kashmir attack, they can’t live together
Mothers have been forced to leave their children behind, the colour of their passport their only identity now.