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As part of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners were released. The prisoners, including those serving long-term sentences as well as women and minors arrested over the past two years, were transported to the

As part of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners were released. The prisoners, including those serving long-term sentences as well as women and minors arrested over the past two years, were transported to the

Centuries-old Byzantine ruins in northwest Syria, known as the Dead Cities,have instead become long-term shelters for refugees fleeing civil war, rising concerns that human habitation could cause irreversible damage to the ancient sites. CGTN's Omar Khan has the story. 

W ithin hours after an early-morning knock woke up Nader Ahmadi, the 38-year-old Afghan and his wife and four children

Karthi Hayan, a Tamil youth activist in Sri Lanka’s eastern coastal city Trincomalee, has watched this pattern repeat throughout his

P ouya was fed up with the glacial pace of his country’s political change. After Iran’s security forces killed over

Biden was terrible but Palestinians fear Trump administration would let Israeli PM Netanyahu ‘get away with more'.

As Iran and Israel exchange deadly attacks, many Israelis shelter as they contend with a shattered sense of security.

More Zimbabweans are preparing for death than survival as funeral policies are more popular than health insurance.

Palestinians returning to the Strip face intimidation by Israeli soldiers and the Abu Shabab gang, as well as the confiscation of their belongings.

‘Sohab Al-Ard’ has brought the genocide in Gaza to millions of living rooms across the Arab world. But does it achieve what it set out to?

Women that survive the violence of the gunmen face poverty and exclusion.

Unverified herbal remedies promoted on social media are driving rising health risks and delayed treatment in Nigeria.

Measles kills 70 in East Darfur’s Labado in a few weeks as healthcare collapse leaves families without medicines.

Extreme heat and drought has destroyed 70% of Jordan’s olive crop, endangering livelihoods of 80,000 families and a centuries-old tradition

Morocco is investing heavily in sports infrastructure: as one of the hosts of the 2030 FIFA World Cup and also for the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year. At the same time, hospitals and schools continue to struggle with chronic shortages. The digitally connected youth movement “GenZ 212” is protesting against this imbalance, vocally questioning the country’s development priorities.

Reporting in this edition from these locations. Illustrated by Yemsrach Yetneberk, based on the Equal Earth Projection.

The alliance aims to unseat Netanyahu in October elections, but analysts doubt it will break his hold on power or produce a meaningful shift in Israeli policy

Los animales muerden los dedos de manos y pies, destrozan las pocas pertenencias valiosas de los gazatíes y contribuyen a la propagación de enfermedades. Este año se han registrado 17.000 infecciones provocadas por roedores y ectoparásitos, según la OMS. La falta de venenos complica su control

Analysis: International conferences have come and gone, external actors are entrenched, and neither side shows any willingness to stop the fighting

Amid relentless Israeli airstrikes and mass displacement, a red truck carrying toys, blankets and food has become a lifeline for thousands of Lebanese families

E ach May, three days after World Press Freedom Day, Lebanon has its Martyrs of the Press Day, in remembrance

Un grupo de 11 pequeños trasladados a Egipto en incubadoras a finales de 2023 han regresado a la Franja, donde les aguardaban padres y hermanos a los que no conocían y que pensaron durante meses que no habían sobrevivido

S crambling to take cover is part and parcel of being a journalist in a war zone. In Iran, however,

Widespread violence has gripped Mali as militant groups have advanced to pose a significant threat to the ruling regime.

Engineers at the facility estimate 12% of the crucial gas facility's capacity was affected by U.S.-Israeli strikes in March.

On this day 26 years ago, residents of South Lebanon poured into the streets as Israeli forces withdrew, putting an end to 22 years of Israeli occupation. Today, those same villages lie in rubble, and the occupation is back.

West Bank refugees say Israeli raids are reviving the Nakba-era, warning of renewed displacement as camps across the territory face escalating incursions

Residents of Qalandia refugee camp outside Ramallah say escalating Israeli raids now come with orders to leave their homes or suffer the same fate as Jenin camp. “Just saying ‘Jenin’ is enough,” one resident said. “Everyone knows what it means.”

Palestinians in Gaza carry the keys from their homes destroyed by Israel, linking today’s genocidal war and displacement to the ongoing legacy of the Nakba

For the well-off few, buying an EV is the next step in a solar revolution that has helped Yemenis weather years of power outages and high fuel prices

As Fatah holds its Eighth Congress, insiders tell Mondoweiss that the dominant movement in Palestinian politics for over 50 years is in disarray. With Palestinians under threat on multiple fronts, the meeting may be the last chance to fix the crisis.

The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is the 17th since the disease was first identified 50 years ago.

Manenos Selanyika could only receive a symbolic burial. After more than a week, they gave up and decided to hold a symbolic burial at Lambo village near Mount Kilimanjaro.

Observers say that in Yemen, aid rules that distribute aid by households have encouraged recipients to create more households by marrying off their daughters while they are still girls.

Zeteo speaks to witnesses after Israeli settlers kill a 14-year-old Palestinian boy and a 32-year-old man in an attack on a boys school in the occupied West Bank.

While the vote was lauded as a step forward, it came in the context of an ongoing genocide and occupation and a recent law limiting which candidates can run.

As Israeli attacks displace families across Lebanon, women are struggling to access menstrual supplies, exposing a hidden crisis of poverty, stigma and neglect

At the centre of the week’s developments were the high-stakes negotiations in Islamabad, mediated by Pakistan and aimed at stabilising a temporary ceasefire.

The razing of villages and creation of a buffer zone separated by a Yellow Line show the ceasefire won’t stop Israel from entrenching its hold on south Lebanon

A Pakistan-brokered truce has halted the bombs and reopened the Strait of Hormuz, but soaring inflation & fears of renewed conflict have left citizens in limbo

It was more than a house of worship. Residents came to the community center for microloans, affordable healthcare, and to borrow books. It was the heartbeat of a neighborhood, and now locals are mourning its loss — and promising to rebuild.

What was once a simple staple has become a daily uncertainty & a source of fear for millions of people in Gaza who are struggling amid Israel’s war and blockade

Years after the fighting has ended, children in Syria are still paying the price for war, navigating villages and farmlands riddled with deadly explosives

In the Syrian capital, the sale of alcohol has become a flashpoint for wider discussions about regulation, social norms, and the limits of state power

Cyber experts have warned of psychological warfare after Lebanese residents received automated evacuation notices over the phone.

Cheap electricity turned Iran into an unlikely crypto mining hub. Now military strikes could threaten the power grid that powers it.

Yazidis in northeast Syria are fleeing yet again as renewed fighting in Aleppo triggers mass displacement, reviving trauma from ISIS’s 2014 genocide. Survivors face deep psychological scars, economic hardship, and persistent insecurity, with many fearing further violence, family separation, and the

Sudan’s humanitarian response is increasingly carried out by volunteer networks. But their efforts, built on small donations, cannot keep pace with rising need.

Every year, between late May and early June, something happens on the 43-mile road to the Catholic sanctuary of Popenguine, outside Dakar, that is unremarkable in Senegal and extraordinary almost anywhere else in Africa or the world: Muslim youth walk the route alongside their Christian peers.

For many residents unable to return to southern Lebanon amid Israel’s invasion and demolition campaign, satellite imagery has become the only way they can find out the state of their homes.

In conversations across Tehran over the past week, one theme recurs: under no circumstances should the outcome of the conflict be diluted by negotiations.

In a lakeside village in Kisumu County, women were forbidden from fishing. Until Rhoda Ongoche Akech defied the stigma.

Displaced families began returning to south Lebanon after a fragile 10-day ceasefire was announced, coming home to devastation after Israel’s deadly invasion

In Lebanon, an unprecedented campaign of DNA tests is being used to identify mangled bodies left trapped under rubble by Israel’s blitz.

Little news from inside Iran reaches the outside world. In this exclusive report for D+C, an Iran-based journalist describes daily life in the war-torn country, where military strikes and an internet blackout have cut people off from life-saving medicines, disrupted businesses and shattered livelihoods.

At least nine religious sites were demolished in Israeli-controlled explosions in the border villages of southern Lebanon.

The renewed possibility of targeting maritime assets, whether by missiles or drones, is raising fears of Israeli and US airstrikes on Hodeidah.

Despite brokering a ceasefire and hosting historic US–Iran talks, Pakistan faces a complex balancing act between rival alliances if no lasting deal emerges

We speak to Palestinian parents about the pain and grief of separation after their premature babies were evacuated abroad during the war, leaving families apart

When journalist Hiba Al-Tabai

I drove through the destroyed villages of southern Lebanon, speaking to several families who are risking their lives to stay in the area as Israel escalates its bombing and ground invasion.

Zeteo speaks to survivors of the deadliest day in the resumed war, after Lebanon saw more than 100 Israeli strikes in 10 minutes.

More than 250 killed as Israeli airstrikes pounded Beirut in minutes, overwhelming hospitals and marking the deadliest day in Lebanon since the invasion began

We speak to Jawad’s family about the toddler’s abuse by Israeli forces, his trauma after 10 hours in detention, and his father, who is still held in detention

Zeteo reports from the ground in Tehran to hear how some ordinary Iranians are feeling about the two-week ceasefire announcement.

The sudden threat of the "complete destruction" of their civilisation has triggered an unprecedented wave of terror and despair for Iranians.

“We are Iranians before anything else...and we do not see ourselves in what is being done in the name of Zionism,” said David, a Jewish shopkeeper in Tehran.

We speak to Jawad's family about the toddler's abuse by Israeli forces, his trauma after 10 hours in detention, and his father, who is still held in detention

Fertiliser prices are surging in Egypt amid Strait of Hormuz disruption, as war-driven energy shocks raise farming costs and fuel fears of a looming food crisis

Rahim Nadali, an official with Tehran’s IRGC unit, said the programme would assign children to tasks including patrolling and manning checkpoints.

Two Iranian footballers made opposite choices during a moment of crisis, revealing the cost of both freedom and return. Photo: Albert Perez / Getty Images

The lack of funding has left some 15,000 users of NGO programs scrambling for care in a public system that many fear to enter

From a high-risk US special forces operation deep inside Iranian territory to mounting pressure around the Strait of Hormuz, developments point to more war.

As Israeli attacks continued, communities baked, prayed & stayed on their land, preserving tradition despite displacement, destruction & fears of permanent loss

With grounded fleets and soaring fuel and ticket prices, the Iran war is threatening to redraw the map of global aviation

M orshed Alam, 28, calculates survival in liters and taka now. The ride-sharing motorcycle driver in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka used

Two Iranian players who sought asylum in Australia before changing their minds tell their story to Al Jazeera.

As the world marks Autism Awareness Month, Gaza’s autistic children face collapsed healthcare, lost therapy and repeated displacement, erasing years of progress

About half of all Iran’s ballistic missiles launched at Israel in this conflict have carried cluster warheads, turning one missile into dozens.

About half of all Iran’s ballistic missiles launched at Israel in this conflict have carried cluster warheads, turning one missile into dozens.

A Tehran-based journalist maps the human toll of the mass destruction US-Israeli strikes have caused on the country's health and education systems.

Real Reciclagem is a Mozambican cooperative—and support network—founded to help women recover economically from the pandemic.

Analysis: International conferences have come and gone, external actors are entrenched, and neither side shows any willingness to stop the fighting

Back in January, we reported on those in the music scene defying Iran’s cultural red lines. Now, living through war, we speak to them again about whether change in Iran still feels possible

Phones are flooding Gaza's markets, and families will go to any lengths to get them.

With thousands fleeing US-Israel airstrikes, hotels across Iran have become lifelines, but overcrowding and lack of support leave families struggling to survive

Over 2,000 academics in Lebanon and around the world signed an online petition to be submitted to UNESCO and the UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Over the days that followed, a distinct pattern emerged: strikes were no longer confined to military or intelligence sites but extended to civilian areas.

Many residents of Tehran were already suffering from harsh economic conditions before the bombs began to fall. Now, under the US-Israel’s deadly air strikes, Iran’s capital has become even more unforgiving as prices rise and livelihoods are impacted.

The mass arrests represent the most aggressive domestic security operation since the US-Israeli war on Iran began.

Amid empty bazaars and the constant threat of strikes, Iranians hold onto the rituals of Nowruz and Eid al-Fitr, refusing to let fear erase their holidays

A network of STEM academies once held up as a model for modern education is unraveling after the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. support, exposing the fragility of reforms built on external expertise.

In addition to the three casualties, eight others were wounded after fragments from an Israeli interceptor missile hit the salon.

Amid scarcity and displacement, a Gaza mother’s crochet dolls are a rare gift of Eid al-Fitr for children who have lost everything

In Morocco, where nearly 80 per cent of the call centre sector’s activity is tied to French clients, the ban is being received as a structural shock.

A moment of collective pride for Iran has been overshadowed by the escalating US–Israel war and questions over the players’ safety

As Ramadan comes to a close, families in Minab, Iran struggle to come to terms with the scale of death, one of the deadliest single attacks on children in memory.

Cinco millones de personas procedentes de África trabajan sobre todo en la construcción, la hostelería y el trabajo doméstico en los países de la región. La fluctuación del petróleo amenaza sus empleos

Military analysts say the US-Israeli war on Iran is one of the first modern conflicts in which AI systems play a central rather than a supporting role