Tag: Features

Beirut, Lebanon – The Palestinian Authority (PA) is cracking down on armed groups in the Jenin refugee camp in what ...

For Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of ...

Pokhara, Nepal – The rhythmic thumping sound of about 60 young men doing jumping jacks to warm up fills the ...

WHEN mother-of-one Dorothy Spinella finished a night shift at the restaurant where she worked, she had no idea the horror ...

I arrive in Hermanus, a picturesque South African coastal village an hour-and-a-half from Cape Town, at about 11am on a ...

While serving as a contractor and senior adviser for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Alex Smith had a ...

WHILE German tanks from the 16th Panzer Division massed around him, SAS Captain Bill “Skin” Fraser appeared the epitome of ...

MAKING predictions for the coming year is a mug’s game.But there is one forecast I feel confident in making: That ...

Russia’s war on Ukraine has raged for nearly three years, with Ukraine losing territory, and morale among its soldiers decreasing ...

Sometimes when the pain hits, Agnes* has to pause for several seconds to ride out the excruciating wave. It feels ...

G’DAY and festive greetings from Down Under, where the sun is shining, the surf’s up and life’s a bowl of ...

A visit to the mosque was not the only thing on Shakoor’s mind after he got his freedom back. Like ...

Khan Younis, Gaza – The face of Samar Ahmed, 37, shows clear signs of exhaustion. It is not just because ...

Hsinchu, Taiwan – A crane bird flies across a silent rice paddy, the water slowly trickling in the background. It ...

THERE is no festive cheer for Britain this Christmas thanks to Keir Starmer and the decisions taken by his cruel ...

Mumbai, India – In a country where cricket reigns supreme and football comes a close second, pickleball is quietly but ...

In August 2016, Nick Dreyer packed up his failing art dealership in Johannesburg and decided to head back to his ...

Aleppo, Syria – When Abdallah Abu Jarrah was 13, he dreamed of becoming an engineer or a lawyer. But his ...

In Colombia’s Western Villa de Cauca region, Jhoan Bravo’s coffee farm is nestled in the verdant green Andean mountains, covered ...

IT was a people-smuggling operation so blatant that the Brits behind it promoted a platinum service on TikTok.Dilshad Shamo and ...