Pakistan is one of only two countries in the world where poliovirus is still endemic – the other being neighbours Afghanistan. To counter the spread of the di
Muslims from around the world have converged on a sacred hill near Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the holiest day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The ritual at Mount
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
Amid Mexico’s heatwave and drought, suffering birds are getting air conditioning and monkeys with heatstroke are being rescued by nongovernmental groups. The
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
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
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
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
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
Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis have taken part in an annual march through a Palestinian neighbourhood in Jerusalem’s Old City, with some marche
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
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