Shot in the leg during the Great March of Return, cycling champ Alaa al-Dali is now making a comeback as a para-cyclist.
Conflict
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Two truce attempts have failed to stop Azerbaijan and Armenia fighting, with hundreds dead in less than a month.
Why are Armenia and Azerbaijan still fighting in one of the world’s oldest conflicts?
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Vijay Sethupathi withdraws from the project after cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan warns him of...
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Arakan Army says it abducted three candidates of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party ahead of November 8 election.
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More than 100 people wounded in a powerful car bomb in Ghor province, interior ministry said.
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A women-run solar station near the front line in Abs is empowering its owners and improving life in their community.
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Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on a ceasefire from midnight, hours after a missile attack kills civilians in Ganja.
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The main city in the disputed mountain region resembles a ghost town, where people share stories of grief underground.
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Ceasefire only temporary and depends on Washington completing a full military withdrawal, key parliamentarian says.
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The dead included security forces who were accompanying the Oil and Gas Development Corporation convoy.
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The warring sides in Yemen will exchange some 1,081 prisoners on Thursday and Friday, under a deal struck last month.
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Abdulla Hamdok fired Saleh Ammar, a member of the Beni Amr tribe, following weeks of clashes with the rival Beja tribe.
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The UN asks rivals to place the national interest before political ambitions in the talks set to be held in November.