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Intersex, transgender, hijra: Gender identities we should educate ourselves on

The concept of gender identity can be very fluid and context dependent.

People walk on the grounds of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo

Why is Canada capping foreign students and who will be impacted?

Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen December 2, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Who are the Houthis and why did the US and UK retaliate for their attacks on ships in the Red Sea?

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a joint news briefing with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (not seen), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, ahead of EU summit in Kyiv, Ukraine February 2, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Why quick Ukraine membership would be a challenge for EU

Israeli soldiers stand next to mobile artillery unit shells, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the northern Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Only talk and no action: How UN resolutions failed to protect the Palestinian people

FILE PHOTO: The results of the vote on a resolution recognizing Russia must be responsible for reparation in Ukraine are seen on screen at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, U.S., November 14, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

How the US uses its veto power at the UN in support of Israel

FILE PHOTO: Passengers watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a space rocket, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, August 24, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File photo

Why North Korea's satellite launches draw condemnation

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan stand for a group photo with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his wife Naraporn Chao-ocha on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, Thailand November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Pool/File Photo

Biden to meet China's Xi and what else to expect from APEC in San Francisco

A man is seen on the field on the Yamuna floodplains on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Why is South Asia the global hotspot of pollution?

The looming darkness over the horizons of India’s Andaman Islands. Photo: Netflix

Unravelling the connection between 'Kala Pani' and India’s Andaman Islands

FILE PHOTO: Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N) gestures during a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

Events leading to the exile and return of Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif

General view of Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo

War and oil: Is history about to repeat itself after 50 years?

A Palestinian with dual citizenship waits outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Why Gaza's Rafah border crossing matters