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The numbers behind UN report on women and girls killed
A UN report has found that at least 83,000 women and girls were intentionally killed last year.
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US appears to back plan to divide Gaza, rebuild Israeli-controlled side
Critics worry that the creation of 'alternative safe communities' may tip the enclave into permanent division.
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National Guard members shot in Washington, DC, identified
Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe were wounded in the shooting, which the FBI is investigating as 'terrorism'.
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Hundreds of children ‘terrified’ and alone after fleeing Sudan’s el-Fasher
Humanitarian group says at least 400 children reached Tawila without their parents after Rapid Support Forces' advance.
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Putin says US-backed peace plan as framework is OK ‘in general’
Russian leader says Ukraine must cede key territory and the world must recognise Russia’s gains.
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The 1930s 2.0 & the collapse of American soft power
In this episode of Centre Stage, political philosopher and historian Roy Casagranda delivers a sharp analysis of the US.
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Guinea-Bissau coup: What happened, why it matters, what happens next?
General Horta Inta-A is named the head of a one-year transitional government after President Embalo was detained.
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Israeli air strikes hit villages in south Lebanon on ceasefire anniversary
Israel launched a series of air strikes on the villages of Jarmak and Mahmoudiya in southern Lebanon on Thursday.
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LIVE: Israel launches air strikes on West Bank as incursion turns deadly
UN says 32,000 Palestinians forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory with major assault ongoing.
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Can Trump ban South Africa from 2026 G20 summit, as he says he will?
US President Donald Trump reiterated unfounded claims of 'human rights abuses' of Afrikaners in South Africa.
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Hong Kong fire that killed at least 83 ‘under control’ but hundreds missing
Death toll rises to 83 as rescuers try to reach people trapped in upper apartments of high rises.
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Washington, DC, shooting: Does US view 77,000 Afghans as potential threats?
Two National Guard members are shot near the White House. The suspect, identified as an Afghan national, is in custody.
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Japan denies report Trump told PM Takaichi not to provoke China on Taiwan
Takaichi's suggestion earlier this month that Tokyo could intervene militarily if Taiwan is attacked enrages Beijing.
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Trump, Venezuela and the new cold war with China
The US and Venezuela are edging towards war, but is this about Trump’s war on drugs or sending a message to China?
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Egypt’s all-important parliamentary elections aren’t elections at all
The vote is carefully managed so that only one outcome is possible: a longer lease on power for el-Sisi.
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A ceasefire in name only? A year of Israeli attacks in Lebanon
Nearly 10,000 Israeli violations have been recorded in Lebanon in the year since the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire.
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Isack Hadjar: F1’s first Arab driver
Samantha Johnson breaks down what Isack Hadjar, F1's first Arab driver, represents on the grid and off it.
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Guinea-Bissau coup “doesn’t come as a surpriseâ€
"I don't think this military takeover is going in the right direction."
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Could Trump’s plan for Alcatraz end this Indigenous Thanksgiving tradition?
Donald Trump is planning an 'enlarged and rebuilt' Alcatraz prison. But Indigenous activists fear for their ceremonies.
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What’s happening in Lebanon, a year into the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire?
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr explains what’s going on in Lebanon, a year after the Israel–Hezbollah ceasefire was agreed.
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