Pressure piles on Nuno Espirito Santo as West Ham wait for first Championship win continues Hammers are still searching for first win after Premier League relegation Evening Standard · Aug 29
OSSSC CRE-2025 exam deferred due to NEET-UG 2026; check new exam date and admit card release schedule The Odisha Subordinate Staff Selection Commission has rescheduled its Combined Recruitment Examination (CRE)-2025, originally set for June 20, 2026, to June 28, 2026. This change, attributed to the NEET (UG) 2026 exam, affects posts like Revenue Inspector and ICDS Supervisor. Revised admit cards will be available from June 24, 2026.… The Economic Times · Jun 20
How Israel has emptied southern Lebanon far beyond the front lines A fragile ceasefire in Lebanon has faltered. Israel's military campaign is expanding, forcing thousands of civilians from their homes. Evacuation orders cover a significant portion of southern Lebanon. Many residents fear they may never return. The conflict, part of a wider regional struggle, continues to displace families and destroy communities. The Economic Times · May 28
‘This isn’t freedom’: anger, anxiety and tears as Iran’s internet flickers back After 88 days of near-total blackout, first reactions to the return of partial connectivity were not celebratory The Guardian - UK · May 28
Goodbye, My Love by Yumna Kassab review – biting reflections on the dissolution of a marriage This novel told in vignettes and poetic fragments follows a woman who discovers that choice does not always equate to agency The Guardian - AU · May 7
Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of A Nation – this documentary can’t reconcile nostalgia with the true contemporary US When Jack Kerouac published On the Road in 1957, he presented the novel as the product of a single marathon writing binge. It was a method he had been working on since the late 1940s that his friend Allen Ginsberg dubbed “spontaneous bop prosody”. The Conversation · Oct 10, 2025
Desolation by Hossein Asgari review – an accomplished exploration of love, truth and the cruelty of fate A storyteller who lies in service of truth meets a writer who doesn’t believe in true stories in this sophomore work set in Adelaide and post-revolutionary Iran The Guardian - AU · Sep 11, 2025
Kathleen Folbigg’s memoir, an ode to condiments and ‘a work of art’: the best Australian books out in September Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on The Guardian - AU · Sep 4, 2025
Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the destructiveness of war and the hope that lies in fiction Hossein Asgari’s Desolation tells the story of Amin, an Iranian man whose life and family are shattered when the USS Vincennes shoots down an Iranian passenger plane in 1988. The Conversation · Aug 25, 2025
Malnourished kids arrive daily at a Gaza hospital as Netanyahu denies hunger Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims there is no hunger in Gaza, but malnourished children are regularly arriving at Nasser Hospital The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025
Broken Promise: How the Trump Administration Dismantled Pathways to Protection for Afghans Even for those who worked alongside the U.S. military, the Trump administration has taken away ways for Afghans to reach safety — and loved ones — in the U.S. Capital & Main · Jul 22, 2025
‘You worry what’s going to come next’: Iranians brace themselves as war looms Israel’s strikes against Tehran’s military leadership leave already unpopular regime looking increasingly shaky The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2025
Hope on the horizon? What Bangladesh’s regime change could mean for Rohingya refugees Bangladesh is experiencing a seismic shift after 18 years of Awami League rule ended abruptly due to intensive student protests. This upheaval, and the crackdowns that resulted in the deaths of more than 300 protesters, forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee the country and ushered in an interim government. The Conversation · Aug 19, 2024
TV tonight: breathtaking, Oscar-nominated documentary Flee A gay man’s escape from persecution in Afghanistan is told beautifully through animation. Plus: the dreadful impact of one-punch killings. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024 Beaten and tortured: the north African children paying a bloody price for Europe’s insatiable appetite for cocaine For serious drug gangs, thousands of children coming from Morocco and Algeria offer an unlimited pool of cheap, disposable street sellers
The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024 Hot Mess Summer review – Rylan’s new reality dating show is an absolute shambles Eight unlikable twentysomethings are duped into working in a Greek bar they hate – and end up spitting in a customer’s mouth. It’s nauseating, boring and even Rylan can’t save it
International Business Times · Jan 9, 2024 Harvest Lost As War Expands In Famine-threatened Sudan Since Sudan's war spread to Al-Jazira state south of Khartoum, farmers have watched their livelihoods wither away after fighting between paramilitary forces battling the army wreaked havoc on once-bountiful lands.
Al Jazeera · Nov 1, 2023 ‘There are thousands more’: Wounded Palestinians cross into Egypt from Gaza As a small number of injured Palestinians leave the Gaza Strip, many more remain in urgent need of treatment abroad.
Dynamite News · Jan 20, 2023 Mathura: Hearing In Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Case To Be Held On 25 January The Mathura court on Friday, while hearing the Hindu Sena Amin survey case in the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid dispute matter, listed the case for the next hearing on 25 January. Read on for details:
The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2022 Best films of 2022 in the UK: No 4 – Flee An immensely powerful, humanising documentary about one Afghan’s escape from 1980s Kabul, made all the more thrilling and suspenseful through its animation
The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2022 ‘Something big is happening’: the Iranians risking everything to protest Five people share their experiences of the protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, as hope of real change grows
The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022 Forty unemployed young people hired after Skill Up Step Up training The young people are part of the first wave to benefit from the companies who pledged to our campaign
The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022 Residents at Rwandan refugee camp seek safety and a future for their children With its own security team and police on site, the camp is operated by the UN’s refugee agency the UNHCR.
The Independent UK · May 25, 2022 ‘Callous’ abuser shared photo of partner bound with electrical cables before he choked to death Charlotte Dootson was jailed at for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 22 and a half years in custody
Manchester Evening News · May 25, 2022 The potential missed opportunities to stop woman who murdered 'vulnerable' partner after years of abuse Charlotte Dootson, 25, murdered 53-year-old Mohammed Mukhtar at his flat in Miles Platting