Editor's Pick: The relentless noise of sirens and Russian drones is a deliberate, psychological warfare strategy, @ruchikumar.com reports from Ukraine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ho...

Video footage from ship’s deck that night, shared with @theguardian.com shows explosions and large flames close to the vessel. Sounds of prayers in multiple languages can be heard in some clips, punctuated by loud explosion. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The relentless noise of sirens and Russian drones is a deliberate psychological warfare strategy. @ruchikumar.com spoke to over 40 Ukrainian civilians about such trauma, which is now being dubbed “drone-induced anxiety,”

Streets of Izium in the Kharkiv region are covered in anti-drone nets. How quickly our reality changes. Only a few years ago, the idea that we would need to cover our streets to survive the russian 'human safari' seemed absurd. Now it’s our life... 🎥: place-kharkiv (tg)

Olena Valentynivna Kozina, a 39-year-old economist, described the sound of a Shahed drone, “the terrible buzzing of their engines,” a sound that brings “the greatest fear and panic … this feeling of impending mortal danger.” newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ho...

“As Russia’s invasion of its southern neighbor grinds on, with no clear end in sight, the noise of war has become an inescapable backdrop to daily life, a soundscape of sirens, drones and explosions.” | @ruchikumar.com 

This is why frontline towns and cities in Ukraine cover roads with nets. This is a russian lancet drone struck one of those nets. It very likely saved someone’s life.

Every Ukrainian is now an involuntary sound engineer, acutely sensitive to ambient noise, mentally calculating threats from high-pitched buzz or faint whistle. In interviews with over 40 Ukrainians I’ve attempted to understand the psychological toll of drone sounds w/ @newlinesmag.bsky.social

NEW: The relentless noise of sirens and Russian drones is a deliberate, psychological warfare strategy, @ruchikumar.com reports from Ukraine, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ho...

“In four years of relentless war, the psychological toll of these sounds is the latest, most insidious weapon. It is a kind of sonic warfare.” | @ruchikumar.com 

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Perhaps what’s been most frustrating watching the commentary on #IranProtests from outside Iran has been how people seem to view the country and its people from within a single lens of their choosing instead of the diverse, complex civilisation they are.

💥 Russia has fired a ballistic missile from occupied Crimea at Dnipro, with local outlets reporting an explosion in the city.

“The Iranian lion has awoken,” this Georgian protest banner says. Day 410 of #GeorgiaProtests 📷 MOSE

Day 410 of #GeorgiaProtests Iranians living in 🇬🇪 recently joined the protests in a magnificent blend of international protest against dictatorship, and it’s been at least two days of such 🇬🇪-Iranian protests in Tbilisi. I’m not crying, you’re crying. #FreeIran #FreeGeorgia 📷 Levan Zazadze 1/2

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India has a long history of spoken word poetry so it’s no surprise that hip-hop finds an audience here. Although male dominated industry, women rappers are gaining traction with songs of identity,climate,women’s safety My story for @thepersistent.bsky.social www.thepersistent.com/theres-alway...

If you're an Indian journalist, chances are you're familiar with veteran journalist Abhay Mokashi. And if you were fortunate, like I was, you might've had opportunity to learn from him. He now needs support to fight this awful disease; please consider helping him www.impactguru.com/fundraiser/h...

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"Studies conducted among Afghan evacuees have noted the “unique” mental health challenges and traumas of refugees... For many former Afghan soldiers, this distress is further compounded by mental health issues stemming from their role in the conflict." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

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Watching the conviction hearing of the People's Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan at the Hague www.youtube.com/live/IiXXanT...

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"Ecocide" -- Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused dangerous environmental destruction: https://therevelator.org/locusts-landmines-ukraine/

War can cause serious, irreversible damage to the environment and biodiversity. In this article for @therevelator.org we tried to look at exactly how some specific attacks, such the destruction of the #KakhovkaDam, has affected Ukrainian farmlands therevelator.org/locusts-land...

Dear Ukrainian friends, I need your input in understanding something -- what do the drone sounds seem like to you? How would you describe the feeling of hearing the drones? Please DM me if you want to talk privately. I would greatly appreciate your insights. Picture: Stop Drone art by Banksy

One of the interesting projects I had the chance to work on this year was a photo story for the National Geographic featuring work by Hashem Shakeri on Afghan women and migrants, some of the most marginalised groups. www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/...

“Indian policy has traveled quite some distance since its initial support of anti-Taliban groups." @RuchiKumar.com explores the geopolitical changes behind New Delhi’s rapprochement with the Taliban, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

“Indian policy has traveled quite some distance since its initial support of anti-Taliban groups." @RuchiKumar.com. explores the geopolitical changes behind New Delhi’s rapprochement with the Taliban, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

“Indian policy has traveled quite some distance since its initial support of anti-Taliban groups." @ruchikumar.com explores the geopolitical changes behind New Delhi’s rapprochement with the Taliban, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

NEW: India’s growing engagement with the Taliban reflects the shifting geopolitical realities of the region, writes @ruchikumar.com for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in...

“Indian policy has traveled quite some distance since its initial support of anti-Taliban groups." @RuchiKumar.com explores the geopolitical changes behind New Delhi’s rapprochement with the Taliban, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

and other restrictions on Afghan women's employment had on the emergency response to Afghanistan's devastating August 31st earthquake. Read the article by @ruchikumar.com here: www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/... [2/2] #GenderSky #WomeninSTEM

#JournoRequest Looking for a contact for Keith Cressman at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation. His FAO email ID doesn't work, so any alternative contact would be very useful. Thank you!

On July 9, Dr Borys Todurov received a call from a colleague informing him that a donor heart had become available Dr Todurov had a 12-year-old patient who needed one urgently. But to get it, Dr Todurov had to risk his own life, as Kyiv was under intense Russian attack. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Paul Heslop, Head of UNDP’s Mine Action in Ukraine, says over 1 million mines have been laid. “We are witnessing a level of complexity and scale that we have simply never seen before.” - he noted. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

“A few days ago, there were 40 Shahed drones over us. They can drop mines now, so even if nothing explodes right away, there’s always a chance something will go off later,” How Ukraine became one of the most heavily mined countries in the world www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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“Russian officials have themselves dismissed these warnings, pointing out that similar threats from Mr. Trump in the past have yielded no action. They have continued to mount attacks on Kyiv and other major cities.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

At home, in school and in hospital: how hundreds of Ukrainian children are dying in russian attacks by Ruchi Kumar, in Kyiv With nearly 3,000 children injured or killed since the start of the war, experts call for bombing of civilian areas to be treated as a war crime

Four-year-old Mark Ifiemenko is one of the most cheerful kids you’ll meet, with bright smile and an infectious laughter. If it weren’t for scars on his face, it would be hard to tell that the young boy has lived through immense tragedy in his short life. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

This is what a healthy democratic society looks like!

So I realise when writing my drafts, I often start with the last paragraph and move from there to the lede which is usually last thing I write. And before I file, I read through and move paragraphs to create a better flow, and that process feels almost mathematical. Anyone else weird like that?

#Talibro @yaldahakim.bsky.social handles it with much poise