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Taken by the Mediterranean: A mother’s search for her lost son
At her home in the Syrian town of Daraa al-Balad, Rania Abu Aoun spends her days waiting anxiously for news…
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France’s Macron says going to Qatar to work on new Gaza truce
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that France was “very concerned” by the resumption of violence in Gaza and that he…
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Pope Francis’ condition improving but will stay indoors to be on safe side: Vatican
The health of Pope Francis, who is suffering from a lung inflammation, is improving but he will read his Sunday message…
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‘I miss my routine’: A displaced Gaza mother recalls life before the war
As Imtithal, a mother of six, stokes the wood fire she has built up to bake bread for her family,…
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It’s high time the West ends its stomach-churning doublespeak on Palestine
On November 15, after long negotiations and four failed attempts to reach a consensus, the United Nations Security Council finally…
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Renewed violence in Sierra Leone is a sign of fragility, polarisation
Ibrahim Al-bakri Nyei Two decades after the end of its deadly civil war, Sierra Leone is once again teetering on…
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‘Save what remains of Gaza’, hospital director says after Israel bombing
Ahmed Isleem wishes he were dead. The 35-year-old’s wife and daughter were killed along with 10 other family members and…
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‘It gave me a purpose’: Surf therapy transforms lives in South Africa
It’s a Monday morning and a dozen teenagers from a school for students with autism and related conditions have arrived…
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Near Rafah border, baby dies and aid held up again as Israel’s war resumes
Hundreds of trucks carrying aid for Gaza were lined up in a long queue at the Egyptian side of the…
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UN’s top court bars Venezuela from action in Guyana border dispute
The United Nations’ top court has warned Venezuela to stop any action that would alter Guyana’s control over a disputed territory, days…
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