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In search of the eagle huntresses of western Mongolia
In ancient times, women hunters were common in the nomadic Kazakh community in Central Asia. But where are they today?
Published On 21 Sep 2023
UNESCO recognises Argentina torture centre as a World Heritage site
Outgoing President Alberto Fernández said the UNESCO designation would highlight history ‘deniers want to conceal’.
Published On 19 Sep 2023
Photos: Jericho’s Tell es-Sultan added to UNESCO World Heritage list
The ruins at Tell es-Sultan have been declared the ‘oldest fortified city in the world’.
Published On 18 Sep 2023
Ancient Palestinian site near Jericho added to UNESCO World Heritage list
Tell es-Sultan is an oval-shaped tell, or mound, in the Jordan Valley containing prehistoric evidence of human activity.
Published On 17 Sep 2023

Knitted sweater fetches the highest price ever paid at auction for a garment once belonging to Princess Diana.

The new law grants immunity to fighters involved in the 30 years of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.

Al Jazeera speaks to families who may not get justice after the UK adopts bill shutting down the Troubles inquests.

Augusto Pinochet is remembered as the dictator whose regime tortured, killed and disappeared thousands of people.

A half-century on, the country struggles with revisionism and denial as survivors continue their quest for justice.

Eighty years since WWII, we examine the fragility of historical memory and a rise in Holocaust revisionism in Europe.

On 50-year anniversary of Pinochet-led coup, Chileans are confronting national trauma of thousands forcibly disappeared.

As 1973 coup still reverberates, a man is pushing for full history of US role in Augusto Pinochet’s rise and fall.

Power politics in Tunisia in the 1970s and Prime Minister Hedi Nouira’s battle to bring prosperity to his country.

The Hindu far-right’s actions in Nuh, in India’s Haryana, echo Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank.

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