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Ramola Talwar Badam

Ramola Talwar Badam

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Ramola writes in-depth features on maritime piracy, migrant labour, protection of women and minors from trafficking and abuse, teenage suicides, disability access projects, financial debt, fire safety and transport projects. Ramola worked for more than 12 years with the South Asia bureau of the Associated Press and reported on terrorist attacks, religious riots, earthquakes, politics, crime, business, sport and all things Bollywood.
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A mass at the last remaining Roman Catholic church in Gaza. Photo: Holy Family Church
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Pope Francis regularly calls Palestinians in Gaza church

Almost daily phone calls from the Pope give hope to 700 Palestinians sheltering in church in northern Gaza

Palestine-IsraelNovember 11, 2023
A four-day-old baby receives medical treatment in the nursery at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. EPA
Women in Gaza give birth in cars as hospitals overflow

Overcrowded and under-equipped hospitals are forced to discharge women without medication

Palestine-IsraelNovember 09, 2023
The parents of Natthaporn, who was working in Israel and was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, show photos of him at their house in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. Reuters
Thai farm workers evacuated from Israel after 34 killed in Hamas attack

Thai government in negotiations for release of 24 workers taken hostage by Palestinian militants on October 7

Palestine-IsraelNovember 08, 2023
Nadav Goldshtein, centre, was killed by Hamas gunmen along with his daughter Yam Goldshtein Almog, far right, at their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, while his wife Chen Goldshtein Almog, daughter Agam, and sons Gal and Tal were taken hostage. Photo: Goldshtein-Almog family
Families of Israeli hostages seek help from US and Europe

About 240 people still being held by Hamas after month-long Israeli military assault on Gaza

Palestine-IsraelNovember 07, 2023
Carmilla Figueras Jesalva with Nitza Hefetz, her Israeli employer whose life she saved by handing over her savings to a Hamas gunman. Photo: Carmilla Figueras Jesalva
Filipina caregiver gave savings to protect Israeli employer from Hamas attack

Former Dubai resident handed over $370 to spare the life of her 94-year-old patient

Palestine-IsraelOctober 29, 2023
Bishop Paolo Martinelli has asked people of all faiths to join in a day of prayer and fasting on Friday as part of a call to end the Israel-Gaza war. Pawan Singh / The National
Bishop Paolo Martinelli calls for prayers over Israel-Gaza conflict

This follows Pope Francis call for a day of prayer on Friday, October 27, urging for an end to the bloodshed

HeritageOctober 26, 2023
A Palestinian man and his son walk among the rubble of an area in Gaza city levelled in Israeli air strikes that have killed more than 6,500. EPA
‘Worse than dying:’ Gazan describes search for family under rubble

Injured Palestinian cannot erase memory of seeing people killed in Israeli air strikes

Palestine-IsraelOctober 26, 2023
Erez, 11, and his sister Sahar Dan Kalderon, 16, are among more than 200 Israelis taken hostage by Hamas militants. Five members of the Dan Kalderon family were abducted. Photo: Dan Kalderon family
Israeli mother hopes her children and other hostages are alive

Hadas Kalderon sees the release of hostages as a sign that her young children and ex-husband will soon be freed by Hamas

Palestine-IsraelOctober 25, 2023
Yarden Roman Gat with her young daughter Geffen in happier times in Israel. Here, her family share their dramatic story. Photo: Gat family
The Israeli father who wants peace despite his mother being shot dead

Or Gat tells of how some members of his family broke free, while two remain in Hamas captivity

Palestine-IsraelOctober 24, 2023
Yousof Abu Shaban mourns the loss of a younger sister killed in an Israeli air strike that injured his father and youngest sibling. Photo: Yousof Abu Shaban
Palestinian American injured in Gaza recalls sibling's last hours

Yousof Abu Shaban and his family were wounded when an Israeli explosion hit near their home

Palestine-IsraelOctober 23, 2023
Uma Mondol wants a better life for her daughter Ayonti who she hopes will study further and contribute to create change in villages in Bangladesh reeling from water scarcity. Photo: LEDARS-Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society
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Bangladeshi NGO wants world leaders to hear plight of water-deprived people

Ledars founder urges policymakers to keep their promises to developing nations hit by climate migration

Cop28October 23, 2023
Palestinian youth stand on a heart-shaped installation next to the rubble of a building following an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip,on Sunday. EPA
Family of 13 found dead after Israeli air strike in Gaza

Residents desperately search for survivors amid air strikes that have killed entire families

Palestine-IsraelOctober 23, 2023
An injured Palestinian child is taken to Al Aqsa hospital as doctors warn of catastrophic conditions in Gaza's medical centres. Reuters
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Doctors warn of 'catastrophic' conditions in Gaza hospitals

Contaminated water leads to gastroenteritis outbreak among children as medics struggle to treat the wounded

Palestine-IsraelOctober 19, 2023
About 500 Christians have taken refuge in the only remaining Roman Catholic Church, the Holy Family Church, in Gaza. Photo: Church of the Holy Family for the Latins
Daily phone call from Pope Francis gives hope to Catholics in Gaza

About 500 Christians are taking refuge in Holy Parish Church and will not move out despite Israeli warnings to move south

Palestine-IsraelOctober 19, 2023
A wounded Palestinian girl is carried into the emergency room of the Al Shifa hospital, following Israeli air strikes on Gaza City, on Tuesday. AP
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Gaza hospitals 'completely out of control' after deadly missile strike

Healthcare system in dire situation as thousands of wounded and displaced people seek shelter in overcrowded hospitals

Palestine-IsraelOctober 18, 2023
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