Will a US-backed economic zone incentivise Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah? | Israel attacks Lebanon
The United States has floated a proposal for an economic zone in southern Lebanon in what analysts tell Al Jazeera is a far-fetched and poorly […]
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UNIFIL’s mandate in southern Lebanon was renewed. What happens next? | Israel attacks Lebanon
The United Nations Security Council voted on Thursday to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, until the end of 2026 […]
How a children’s chocolate drink became a symbol of French colonialism | Features
In 1909, French journalist-turned-entrepreneur Pierre-Francois Lardet returned from a trip to Nicaragua determined to recreate a beverage he had tasted there. Five years later, in […]
Kashmir’s top cleric was a fiery freedom advocate. Now he preaches patience | Politics
Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir – On a sunlit June Friday in Srinagar’s Old City, the Jamia Masjid stands as it always has, ornate and imposing. Its […]
‘Our story’: A day in the life of a handwritten newspaper in Bangladesh | Media
West Sonatala, Bangladesh – An ordinary day for Andharmanik, a small community newspaper, begins in a crowded fish market. Walking down the steps from the […]
Does India have a stray dog epidemic? | Health
India’s Supreme Court in early August issued a dramatic order calling for the removal of all stray dogs from the streets of the national capital, […]
‘Stop killing women’: Australian mother vows to be voice for slain daughter | Crime News
Melbourne, Australia – Lee Little recalls the phone call with her daughter in December 2017; it was just minutes before Alicia was killed. “I spoke […]
Lessons ‘unlearned’: 20 years after Katrina, disaster readiness lags in US | Environment News
Washington, DC – Twenty years ago, the floodwalls protecting the city of New Orleans crumbled when Hurricane Katrina made landfall, killing almost 1,500 people. Scenes of […]
‘Everything has been lost’: Kashmir floods, landslides kill dozens | Floods
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir — Forty-year-old Ruksana wails as she looks at her home, a desolate one-storey structure stripped of windows and doors next to the […]
‘In a nightmare’: India braces for big layoffs as Trump’s tariffs bite | Business and Economy
New Delhi, India – In a sprawling market in the Indian capital, Anuj Gupta sits in a corner of his shop as silence hangs over […]