Polling stations have opened in a number of states across the United States, with the votes deciding not only who the country’s next president will be but also the makeup of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Election Day on Tuesday is the culmination of weeks of early voting in some locations. Several states began early […]
Record high air pollution has forced the authorities in Pakistan’s second-largest city of Lahore to close primary schools for a week and issue work-from-home mandates. The country’s cultural capital held the top spot on a real-time list of the world’s most polluted cities on Sunday after recording its highest-ever pollution reading of 1900 near the
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Thousands of women have rallied in Washington, DC, in support of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and reproductive rights. The vice president has made abortion rights a central plank of her White House bid against Republican Donald Trump, who appeared to have publicly backed the 2022 Supreme Court ruling that took away the constitutional right
In Mekelle, which is the main urban centre of northern Ethiopia, normal life appears to have resumed. People crowd the streets, cafes and markets – even as the trauma and wounds of the war remain. Across the region though, a sense of uncertainty still lingers. Despite the progress made since the signing of the peace
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The Lebanese group has signalled it is open to a ceasefire with Israel if terms are ‘suitable’. As Israel continues to bombard Lebanon and trade rocket fire with Hezbollah, negotiations are being held behind closed doors for a deal between the two sides. But with a caretaker government unable to form a cabinet and no
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At least 95 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip, mainly in the north of the enclave where a hospital was attacked, medical supplies were torched and operations were disrupted, health officials said. A vast majority of the victims in Thursday’s attacks were civilians in northern Gaza, medical sources told
Indians are celebrating Diwali as bright earthen oil lamps and colourful lights light up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that symbolises the victory of light over darkness. Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths in
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The UN says sexual violence is ‘staggering’ and Sudan’s displacement crisis is the worst in the world. War in Sudan has raged since April 2023, with catastrophic consequences for its people. Fourteen million people have fled their homes in what the United Nations says is the world’s worst displacement crisis. Three million of them left
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Leaders gather in Doha for yet another round of ceasefire talks, with hopes are running high. Gaza ceasefire talks have restarted in the Qatari capital, Doha, after being stalled for months. Israel’s Mossad foreign intelligence agency chief and the head of the CIA have met with the Qatari prime minister in hopes of moving negotiations
An Israeli attack on a compound housing media workers in southern Lebanon has killed at least three journalists and wounded several others as they slept in guesthouses in Hasbaiyya. Local media aired footage from the scene on Friday showing collapsed buildings and cars marked “press” covered in dust and rubble. The victims were identified as
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