As Russia’s war in Ukraine reshapes this Arctic frontier, Sámi communities struggle to sustain cross-border traditions.
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In Izmir’s historic Kemeralti bazaar, the Akdemir family is finding new customers for a four-generation craft.
As rising seas push salt into the world’s largest mangrove, traditional medicinal plants are being lost.
As the Ken-Betwa dam displaces thousands, legal protections on compensation are being ignored.
Known as the Kanyeleng, they have transformed their experience of child loss through a tradition of music.
Why doctors, lawyers and other professionals are turning to Darul Qasim in Chicago to rediscover Islamic scholarship.
For generations, Sialkot made footballs for the world. Now the hands behind the game face an uncertain future.
A mob of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians who were out among their olive groves.
How a resistance offensive upended a Myanmar cyber-scamming hub
A year after dreams and hopes were wiped away by disaster, Al Jazeera returns to speak to survivors about the past year.
How have the survivors fared since February 2023?
