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Airstrikes, banditry, drones and a ban on girls’ education: four teachers on educating students amid conflict
Educators working in extremely challenging conditions in Lebanon, Niger, Ukraine and Afghanistan explain what …
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Violent clashes in Pakistan after Hezbollah leader’s assassination – video
Members of Jamaat-e-Islami clashed with Pakistan's security forces in Karachi on Sunday after they were preven…
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Taiwan questions president of pager company linked to Hezbollah explosions
Hsu Ching-kuang has denied his company manufactured the pagers used in the attack in Lebanon as hunt for origi…
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CCTV captures pagers simultaneously exploding across Lebanon – video report
Israel planted explosives inside thousands of pagers imported by Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s unprecedent…
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‘This is very embarrassing’: Middle East crisis takes a detour to an office park in Taiwan
Media spotlight shifted to Taiwan tech company Gold Apollo which has denied supplying the pagers that exploded…
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Hezbollah vows revenge on Israel for deadly Lebanon pager explosions
Thousands of pagers detonated across the country and in Syria, killing 12 people and wounding almost 3,000Midd…
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In a class of their own: three Olympic sportswomen talk about overcoming war, hardship and the Taliban
In advance of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, we speak to women who have faced conflict, discrimination an…
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Seemingly disparate Middle East conflicts show collective erosion of self-restraint
As pockets of war multiply across region so does the risk that conflict becomes more contagious and intractabl…
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The UN refugee convention works and is as necessary as ever | Letter
Leaders of charities and NGOs respond to Suella Braverman’s recent comments attacking the refugee convention i…
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Finland named world’s happiest country for fifth year running
Experts say social support, honesty and generosity key to wellbeing, as Afghanistan and Lebanon struggle in gl…
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Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Pakistan to Poland Continue reading...
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Max Stahl obituary
Documentary-maker who captured East Timor atrocities on film and left behind his earlier career as a Blue Pete…
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Paris, Beirut, Delhi … Marilyn Stafford’s globe-straddling photography – in pictures
The photographs of Marilyn Stafford, who has died aged 97, set an example for female photographers across the …
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Afghans reach Europe and buying burqas in Kabul: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Afghanistan to Greece Continue reading...
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Belarus repression and the Taliban advance: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A round-up of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Thailand to Mexico Continue rea…