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The world changed on 7 October 2023 when Hamas made incursions into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. In a series of coordinated attacks, Hamas murdered more than 1,200 people and took a further

Keep calm and carry on is Ukraine’s mantra this winter. The nation has been at war for nearly four years and its list of problems is growing almost as rapidly as its exhaustion, but people are determi

Christopher Lockyear, the secretary general of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) directs teams of medical staff around the world as they carry out lifesaving interventions in horrific circumstances. In 2

Christmas in Gaza is like everywhere else and nowhere else. At the branch of the YMCA International in Gaza City, switching on the lights of the Christmas tree was a major event attended by hundreds,

Lydia Williams, 44, lives with her husband Chris, 50, and their two children, Amelie, 14, and Arlo, 11. Every day, Amelie would come bursting through the front door, full of energy. Her life was a bus

The sufferings of Afghanistan, and of those who invade it