Turkey is battling to take a key mountain in northern Syria, as it steps up its offensive against US-backed Kurdish fighters in the Afrin region. Turkey is battling to take a key mountain in northern Syria, as it steps up its offensive against US-backed Kurdish fighters in the Afrin region. Turkey has accused the YPG of using the mountain to […]

Father of 15-year-old Dalit victim blames police for inaction as her mutilated body is found near a canal. A 15-year-old Dalit girl who went missing last week in the Indian state of Haryana has been found dead near a canal in Jind district, nearly 100km west of the capital New Delhi. Doctors say she was gang-raped and her body was […]

With efforts to get national archives off the ground stalled, conflict not only threatens people but also historical heritage. Juba, South Sudan – The history of Africa’s youngest nation is on the shelves surrounding Youssef Onyalla. Onyalla, director of South Sudan’s national archives, delicately turns the yellowed pages, which provide a link to the country’s past.  “We have archives on [tribes], we have […]

DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday rejected opposition complaints of vote rigging and said people had gone to the polls enthusiastically in a general election that her ruling alliance swept with a landslide. The victory consolidates Hasina’s decade-long rule in the South Asian nation, in which her government has overseen booming economic growth, but is accused […]

TAIPEI (Reuters) – China must use peaceful means to resolve its differences with Taiwan and respect its democratic values, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, ahead of a major speech about the island by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. China has heaped pressure on Tsai since she took office in 2016, cutting off dialogue, whittling down Taiwan’s few […]

Nowadays there’s so much pressure on young people to look and dress a certain way. With social media use at an all-time high and celebs posting selfies in their underwear, it’s no wonder why many people struggle with body positivity. But one woman has refused to be beaten down by body shamers and haters and instead chose to put them […]

The pontiff condemned corruption in Latin America and said environmental degradation cannot be separated from moral degradation. Pope Francis has called for the protection of indigenous people while visiting the heart of Peru’s Amazon forest. The head of the Catholic Church condemned the exploitation of timber, gas and gold in the area, which he said is endangering native Peruvians. He […]

The UN says the situation will worsen unless it receives $1.6bn in extra funds. The United Nations says more than half of Somalia’s population is in need of emergency aid due to a major drought and worsening conflict. Millions have been forced from their homes and hundreds of thousands of children have been left malnourished. The UN says the situation […]

Al Jazeera looks ahead with a report from Russia as the country gears up to host the World Cup next summer. Russia is preparing to host the FIFA World Cup in just over six months. The event gives the country a chance to showcase itself in a positive light at a time when it’s under Western sanctions and in the […]

With one year to go, an average of just 130,000 new homes have been built each year in England during the 2010s. This is well below the 147,000 annual new builds in the 2000s or 150,000 of the 1990s and half the level in the 1960s and 1970s. The figures are even worse when population size is factored in, according […]