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- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Bangladesh, Dubai, Food security, Global development, Global health, Humanitarian response, India, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Somalia, South and Central Asia, Strait of Hormuz, Sudan, US-Israel war on Iran, World news, Yemen
Calls for humanitarian corridor through strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aid
Soaring oil prices and the blockade are preventing food, fuel and medicine being delivered to millions of peop…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, China, Environment, Extreme weather, India, Myanmar, Nigeria, South and Central Asia, World news
Weather tracker: Torrential rain in southern China leads to flooding fears
Heatwaves reach 45C across India as unseasonably cold weather affects parts of central CanadaWidespread heavy …
- Africa, Agriculture, Americas, Animals, Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme heat, Farm animals, Farming, Fish, Food, Global food crisis, World news
World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns
Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality …
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Global development, South and Central Asia, World news
Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy, report finds
Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024Democrac…
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Taiwan president blames China for forced cancellation of Eswatini trip
Lai Ching-te abandons visit after Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar revoke overflight permission Taiwan’s p…
- Africa, Amazon rainforest, Americas, Animals, Biodiversity, Colombia, Conservation, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Environment, Gabon, Liberia, Nepal, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US news, US politics, USAid, Wildlife, World news
‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who de…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Cyril Ramaphosa, Hezbollah, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, US foreign policy, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ ju…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Cyril Ramaphosa, Hezbollah, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, US foreign policy, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ ju…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Children's health, Global development, Global health, Health, Infectious diseases, Malawi, Medical research, Pakistan, Polio, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Science, Social media, Society, South and Central Asia, US healthcare, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
Influencers, misinformation and aid cuts: the fight to halt polio in Malawi
A huge vaccination drive has been launched after the country’s first outbreak in years of the paralysing disea…
- Africa, Cambodia, China, Health, Malaria, Oxford, Thailand, University of Oxford, Vietnam, World Health Organization
Sir Nick White obituary
Distinguished clinician and scientist who was a leading figure in the treatment of malaria worlwideThe idea th…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Cate Blanchett, Culture, Drama films, Europe, Festivals, Film, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Rotterdam film festival, Short films, Somalia, South and Central Asia, Syria, Ukraine, World news
Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity
Rotterdam film festivalA set of shorts by film-makers from Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Syria and Somalia are s…
- Africa, Business, Economics, Global development, Global economy, Inequality, Inequality and development, Kenya, Nepal, Oxfam, Protest, Rich lists, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, US news, US political lobbying, World news
‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam
Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity r…
- Africa, Bangladesh, Human rights, International court of justice, Law, Myanmar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, The Gambia, United Nations, World news
‘Big step forward’: Myanmar military faces Rohingya genocide case at UN court
Survivors of violence hope proceedings will bring justice a step closer and set a precedent for future genocid…
- Africa, Americas, Art and design, Colombia, Cuba, Culture, Global development, India, Middle East and North Africa, Morocco, Photography, South Africa, South and Central Asia, Uganda, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women behind the lens: six of our most striking images from 2025
A few of our favourite photographs taken by women from the global south and capturing moments of everyday life…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Art, Art and design, Culture, Employment, Global development, Guinea-Bissau, India, Middle East and North Africa, Migration and development, Somalia, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
From the construction worker who won a place at medical school to an art exhibition in a country with no galle…