Mohamed Fares boarded a boat with his family in the hope of a better life. Hours later, more than 100 were dead.

Mohamed Fares boarded a boat with his family in the hope of a better life. Hours later, more than 100 were dead.
Sali Hafiz has been lauded as a hero in Lebanon after she entered a bank with a replica gun and demanded her money.
Hezbollah leader calls the Israeli plan to extract gas at the disputed maritime border a ‘red line’.
Many low-income people have taken over Sao Paulo’s vacant buildings to avoid living on the streets.
Netflix’s first Arabic movie quickly became the most watched on the streaming company’s website in the region.
Embassy ‘sit-ins’ by migrant workers have become increasingly frequent during Lebanon’s devastating economic crisis.
Portuguese funeral homes are inundated with virus victims, but undertakers say they are not seen as front-line workers.
Bolsonaro’s policies, deforestation prompt Germany, Norway to halt Amazon Fund support, leaving some NGOs scrambling.
Indigenous people crucial to the Amazon’s protection fear ‘genocide’ and their land’s destruction under Bolsonaro.
Indigenous groups decry Brazilian government’s policy towards land demarcation and exploration of their territory.