At least 746 people from 52 countries have been to space, from career astronauts to paying tourists.
![This image provided by NASA shows a view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. [NASA/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26093511396128-1-1791126253.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

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At least 746 people from 52 countries have been to space, from career astronauts to paying tourists.
![This image provided by NASA shows a view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. [NASA/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26093511396128-1-1791126253.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Yemen’s latest fighting has redrawn front lines after more than a decade of war, deepening hunger and displacement.

A quarter of the world’s population faces a surging cost of living crisis because of the wars in the Middle East.
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Successive wars launched after 9/11 have killed at least 4.5 million people and displaced more than 38 million others.
![Locals look at German soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) approaching them during a patrol in the village of Isa Khel in Chahar Dara district December 16, 2011. [Thomas Peter/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2011-12-16T000000Z_1423537877_GM1E7CG1ROV01_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-1789054025.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
US-Iran attacks on tankers around Hormuz are raising fears of devastating oil spills across the Gulf.

Al Jazeera tracked the cost of common food items and compared them with pre-revolution prices in 2010.

Sanctions and the US-Israel war on Iran have left the country’s people unable to keep pace with rising prices.

The Mecca defence pact combines a top oil exporter, NATO’s second-largest army and the only Muslim nuclear arsenal.

Israeli settlers have set fire to a mosque in the West Bank village of Qusra, and continued violent attacks.

US attacks kill dozens as retaliating Iranian forces target regional bases, pushing fragile truce closer to collapse.
