Photos: Mughal-era pigeon training survives in heart of India’s capital
Pigeon-keeping remains a therapeutic and communal escape for Delhi residents amid the city’s chaos and demands.

Pigeon-keeping remains a therapeutic and communal escape for Delhi residents amid the city’s chaos and demands.



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Al Jazeera visited Tehran’s UNESCO-listed Golestan Palace, which Iran says was damaged by US-Israeli strikes.

Smoke was seen rising close to Roman ruins in the Lebanese city of Tyre after an Israeli strike hit a building nearby.
Alexander Butyagin, an academic with Russia’s Hermitage Museum, is accused of illegal excavations in occupied Crimea.

Oscar winner Pavel Talankin called for ‘an end to all wars’ as he received the best documentary award.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s political chase film earned six Oscars, beating the vampire thriller Sinners, which scored four.
One Battle After Another wins six Oscars, while Sinners takes four awards.
Acclaimed docudrama reconstructing killing of five-year-old girl in Gaza is nominated for best international feature.












British broadcaster has apologised for failing to edit out a racial slur shouted by a guest with Tourette syndrome.