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How warming oceans are driving the climate juggernaut

Shawdesh desk: Texas and part of the south-west of the US are enduring a searing heatwave. At one point, more than 120 million Americans were under some form of heat

Jenin: Palestinians fear escalation after destructive West Bank assault

Shawdesh desk: The atmosphere in Jenin refugee camp feels like one I have witnessed elsewhere – in Gaza, after wars with Israel. But this is the occupied West Bank; where

France tells rioters to go home

Shawdesh desk: It was a weary-sounding question, directed by a middle-aged French woman at a gang of youths pushing past her, as a mass of defence shield-wielding riot-police chased after

The hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam

Shawdesh desk: The annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, will start on Sunday with more than two million Muslims from around the world expected to take

Awami League: A journey from Rose Garden to Ganabhaban

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh and Awami League (AL) are invariable and also an inseparable part of Bangalee nation as the history of the party means the story of struggle and glory

Controversial land sale puts Jerusalem Armenians on edge

Shawdesh desk: Wearing peaked black headdresses and long robes, a procession of Armenian priests is led along the stone streets of Jerusalem’s Old City by two suited men in felt

South African taps run dry after power shortages

Shawdesh desk; The peace of a normally tranquil suburban road near South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, is being shattered by the sound of drilling. These are not prospectors looking for a

Ukraine in maps: Tracking the war with Russia

Ukraine’s long-awaited counter-offensive to retake territory from Russia’s occupying forces is under way. Here are the latest developments: Ukraine’s counter-offensive is continuing with modest gains in the eastern Donetsk and