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Photos: The world’s displaced population equivalent to 12th largest country
A report by the United Nations refugee agency says forced displacement surged to historic new levels across the globe last year. Some 120 million people were di
Photos: Mexico heatwave killing monkeys, lions offered frozen meat lollies
Amid Mexico’s heatwave and drought, suffering birds are getting air conditioning and monkeys with heatstroke are being rescued by nongovernmental groups. The
Photos: India and Pakistan fans bring the biggest cricket party…
India and Pakistan cricket fans gathered in New York in their thousands for the ICC T20 World Cup clash between the two nations, bringing a flavour of the subco
Photos: Victims of Israeli attack on central Gaza overwhelm hospital
Gaza’s Government Media Office says an “Israeli massacre” at the Nuseirat refugee camp has killed 210 Palestinians and wounded more than 400. The Ministry
Photos: World War II veterans honoured on D-Day’s 80th anniversary
The United Kingdom’s King Charles has expressed “eternal admiration” to the Allied soldiers that reached France by sea and air to drive out Nazi forces, a
Photos: Nepal’s honey gatherers say fewer hives threaten tradition
Aita Prasad Gurung dangles off a cliff in Nepal, carefully manipulating a long pole with a blade at its end to cut away chunks of honeycomb after Himalayan bees
Photos: Israel attacks UN-run school in central Gaza, killing 40
An Israeli air attack on a UN-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp killed at least 40 people, mainly women and childre
Photos: Ultranationalist Israelis march in Palestinian area of Jerusalem
Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis have taken part in an annual march through a Palestinian neighbourhood in Jerusalem’s Old City, with some marche
Modi’s BJP and opposition supporters celebrate India election results
India’s Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed election victory for his party and its allies on Tuesday, but the opposition said they had “p
Photos: Four dead as floods sweep southern Germany
Rescuers battled to evacuate people from flooded areas in southern Germany that have claimed four lives, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it a “warning” tha
Photos: Gaza’s Jabalia and Beit Hanoon declared ‘disaster areas’
Palestinian municipal authorities have declared the cities of Jabalia and Beit Hanoon in the northern Gaza Strip “disaster areas”. Naji Sarhan, head of the
Photos: The forgotten crisis in Burkina Faso
Kongoussi, Burkina Faso – The refugee crisis in Burkina Faso, which has been engulfed in conflict since 2019, is the deepest of a number of neglected crises a
