Thailand's flourishing cannabis culture is under threat as government seeks to ban it | In pictures
Thodsapol Hongtong enjoys smoking with his friends at the Green Party, a place where recreational cannabis enthusiasts gather in Bangkok,…
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For many Chinese, there are “more important things” than the unification of Taiwan | Conflict news
“It's hard to imagine that this used to be a war zone,” *Shao Hongtian, 23, told Al Jazeera as he…
'The war will end': Remembering Mahmoud Darwish, the poetic voice of Palestine | Israel's war against Gaza News
The beauty of Gaza is that our voices don't reach there.Nothing distracts him; nothing removes the fist from the face…
Remembering El Rayes Zakaria, the revolutionary giant of Egyptian folk music | Music
The old-looking public address system was not designed to handle the immensity of sound produced by the famous Nile Delta…
Fear of China, Russia and Iran is driving arms sales: Report | Gun News
Aggressive postures by disruptive states have boosted arms sales in Europe, the Middle East and Asia over the past five…
Ancient find reveals new evidence of Malaysia's multicultural past | History News
Kedah, Malaysia – Until six months ago, none of the inhabitants of the village of Bukit Choras, nestled among rice…
Fears of mass migration from Myanmar as military plans to recruit thousands | Conflict news
Ko Naing* is just the kind of young man the Myanmar military is looking for. Hoping to offset recruitment shortages…
The school that built Nollywood: how new Nigerian filmmakers got to work | Art and culture
In November 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic strangled creative efforts across the planet, veteran Nigerian filmmaker Steve Gukas announced a…
Israel's brave 'anti-Zionists' beat and slander police to demand end to war | Israel's war against Gaza News
Tel Aviv/West Jerusalem – In 2015, Maya, an Israeli Jew, traveled to Greece to help Syrian refugees. At the time,…
From Malcolm X to 'reality rap': decoding hip-hop album art | Music
The intersection of political commentary and hip-hop music is a tradition that goes back decades, beginning with 1982's “The Message”…