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‘Born as US citizen’: Afghan refugees welcome newborns in US (Ali Harb and Zubair Babakarkhail, Al Jazeera)

Ahmadzai* had imagined the birth of his first child as a typical Afghan family affair with relatives visiting his home in Kabul to deliver...

What is behind India’s U-turn on its farming laws? (Al Jazeera)

For more than a year, farmers across India have been holding mass protests, strikes and sit-ins. Their actions have been against a set of farm...

Al-Shabab suicide bomber kills prominent journalist in Mogadishu (Al Jazeera)

A prominent Somali journalist who was a critic of the al-Shabab armed group was killed by a suicide bomber as he was leaving a...

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi orders mining licences audit (Al Jazeera)

Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has demanded a ban on issuing and trading mining permits until the country’s...

Houthis say drone attacks target several Saudi cities (Al Jazeera)

Yemen’s Houthi fighters said they fired 14 drones at several Saudi cities on Saturday, including at Saudi Aramco facilities in Jeddah, with the Saudi...

Green Hydrogen: The new scramble for North Africa (Hamza Hamouchene, Al Jazeera)

The potential of the Sahara desert in North Africa to generate large amounts of renewable energy thanks to its dry climate and vast expanses...

Qatar welcomes ILO report despite admitted data gaps (Al Jazeera)

An analysis of deaths of migrant labourers in Qatar has shown gaps in the county’s data collection and differences in the way work-related incidents...

The ongoing battle for historical memory in Okinawa (Andre Kwok, Nathanael Kwon, East Asia Forum)

Okinawa is hailed as a top tourist destination for its tropical climate and seafaring culture, yet a deep dive into its past unveils a dark history...

Mongolia weighs up going nuclear (Dimitris Symeonidis, East Asia Forum)

Ukhnaa Khurelsukh enjoyed a landslide victory of 68 per cent of the popular vote in Mongolia’s June 2021 election. In the context of Mongolia’s...

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