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Kashmir election: Are separatist candidates change agents or Trojan horses? | Politics
Kulgam, Indian-administered Kashmir — Every day, Kaleemullah Lone leaves his home early in the morning to go door-to-door canvassing for…
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Could Marxist Anura Dissanayake become Sri Lanka’s next president? | Politics
Colombo, Sri Lanka – It was an unlikely invitation from the Indian government. In early February, Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited New…
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Unspoken bonds: Gaza’s forcibly displaced and the homes they yearn for | Israel-Palestine conflict
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – An insight I gained over the past two decades is that trauma is not only experienced,…
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To be a Palestinian child, trying to survive Israeli jail | Occupied West Bank
For 10 long months, 16-year-old Hussein* lived in the same clothes he was wearing when he was detained on October…
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‘I have lost everything’: Bangladesh floods strand 1.24 million families | Climate Crisis
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Ekramul Haque was stunned when his uncle called him late in the afternoon of August 21 to…
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Lemon trees, safety, hope: Memories of my Gaza home before war came | Gaza
When Israel’s war on Gaza began and we got ready to leave our house, I packed makeup and a favourite…
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Who are Israel’s ultra-Orthodox and will conscripting them sow discord? | Israel-Palestine conflict
This week, Israel’s government announced that starting Sunday, it would begin conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jewish men for the first time in…
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Cultural treasure or painful reminder? Libya’s colonial architecture | Arts and Culture
Benghazi, Libya – It happened in the middle of the night, as most destructive operations carried out without the consent…
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‘Fed up’: Doctor exodus bleeds Sri Lanka’s healthcare after economic crisis | Health
Colombo, Sri Lanka – The bullying from a senior health official was bad enough. A sense of betrayal by government…
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Denmark’s tough laws on begging hit Roma women with few other options | Roma
Copenhagen, Denmark – On a frigid morning in Copenhagen, Loredana rests on a chair inside a busy shelter for homeless…
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