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Iran’s lakes are vanishing: Satellite images show a deepening water crisis
Years of drought, falling rainfall and unsustainable water use have been worsened further by the US-Israel war.
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Visiting Palestine’s renamed placesThis article will be opened in a new browser window
A journey into how Israel has long worked to erase Palestinian place names that predate the Nakba.
Can you identify all 48 teams in World Cup 2026?This article will be opened in a new browser window
Are you football’s biggest fan? Spin the globe and tap a country to select it. You have 3 minutes to make 48 guesses.
Mapping Mali’s gold and natural resource wealth
The West African country holds Africa’s third-largest gold reserves, plus vast lithium and uranium deposits.
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Strait of Hormuz blockade and other major naval sieges in modern times
Naval blockades are among the oldest weapons of war, using sea control to cut supplies and force an enemy’s surrender.
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Five charts that show the rise of global militarisation
As countries spend more on their militaries, what does that mean for spending on healthcare and education?
Map quiz: How well do you know Lebanon?This article will be opened in a new browser window
Drop a pin on the map for every location and see how close you get. Can you get a perfect score of 100?
Map quiz: How well do you know the GCC?This article will be opened in a new browser window
Drop a pin on the map for every location and see how close you get. Can you get a perfect score of 100?
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Palestinian Prisoner’s Day: What happened in Palestine on April 17, 1971?
Nearly 10,000 men, women and children are held in Israeli prisons, a third without charge or trial.
Three years of Sudan under fireThis article will be opened in a new browser window
Al Jazeera visits 10 regions most affected by Sudan’s civil war and records firsthand accounts from those living there.
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How many ships have passed the Strait of Hormuz and how many were attacked?
Ship-tracking data shows 279 ships have passed through the strait and 22 have been attacked since the war on Iran began.
