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Aina J Khan

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Aina J. Khan is a freelance foreign correspondent. She was previously the northern community affairs correspondent for The Guardian

April 2026

  • Sam Neill leaning on a rock near his vineyard.

    Sam Neill says New Zealand goldmine supporters have threatened him with violence

  • Sam Neill near his Two Paddocks vineyard in Central Otago

    ‘That’ll be the end’: actor Sam Neill joins fight to stop controversial goldmine near his New Zealand vineyard

November 2025

  • FRANCE-OVERSEAS-NCALEDONIA-POLITICS-JUSTICEKanak pro-independence leader Christian Tein (C), head of the CCAT (Cellule de Coordination des Actions de Terrain), poses for photographs as he attends a press conference flanked by his lawyers François Roux (L) and Florian Medico (R) in Montpellier, Southern France, on June 18, 2025. On June 12, 2025, a French court freed independence leader Christian Tein, from the overseas territory of New Caledonia, who had been detained for a year over deadly riots in 2024. Christian Tein, who hails from from the indigenous Kanak group, was charged and incarcerated over the rioting on the Pacific archipelago in May last year that left more than a dozen dead. He has been held in custody in eastern France since June 2024 but has always denied accusations of instigating the violence and sees himself as a political prisoner. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

    New Caledonia activist says France is impeding travel home after prison release

    Exclusive: Kanak leader Christian Tein, who was freed from prison in June, says France is ‘deliberately dragging out’ re-issue of his passport

September 2025

  • a man speaking

    ‘Binary thinking’: Why Zohran Mamdani’s African identity doesn’t fit US racial boxes

    The New York mayoral candidate, who was born in Uganda, has faced backlash in the US over his complex identity – but here in Kampala, Ugandans of Indian descent are unquestioningly considered African

August 2025

  • Animals and truck and man amid brown floodwater

    ‘The water left nothing’: Pakistan’s Punjab province reels from deadly floods

    Fears of disease as more than 1,400 villages under water after three large rivers overflow their banks

January 2024

  • Elegant, reticent … Zarsanga in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

    ‘People weep and shower me with rupees’: the overwhelming artistry of Pashtun singer Zarsanga

    Her first audience was the sheep and horses she herded in rural Pakistan, but she became a national hero. So why is this folk music icon reduced to living in a makeshift house?

December 2023

  • A herd of cattle walk past the half-built welcome centre for Akon City in Mbodiène

    Akon City: tumbleweed rolls through site of rapper’s Wakanda-inspired dream

    Star unveiled plans for a city on the Senegal coast five years ago but the project has been beset by delays

January 2023

  • Orchestral Qawwali Project

    ‘It’s a spiritual experience’: the whirlwind rise of Orchestral Qawwali Project

    Their take on a 700-year-old song went viral during lockdown, they’ve sold out the Southbank Centre and collaborated with Nitin Sawhney. Duo Abi Sampa and Rushil Ranjan discuss how they’re giving ancient sacred music a new lease of life
  • Shooting.

    Girl, 7, critically injured in shooting at double memorial service in London

    Another child and four women also injured in incident close to Euston following joint service for a mother and daughter
  • On a beach in Durban, South Africa, a crowd of standing people looks at a man on a jet ski in front of waves

    Water quality worries hang over Durban months after deadly flooding

    Beaches open and close as E coli levels fluctuate, leaving local South African tourism sector in limbo

December 2022

  • file photo of fireworks exploding around the London Eye

    Police to provide safe space for women celebrating New Year’s Eve in London

  • Morocco fans in the stands at Al Thumama Stadium during the quarter-final victory over Portugal.

    Morocco’s meteoric rise at World Cup is helping to smash stereotypes

  • A Morocco supporter waves a flag from a car in London after the team’s quarter-final victory

    ‘It makes us proud’: London’s Morocco fans celebrate reaching World Cup semi-finals

  • Dahaba Ali Hussen

    Black EU citizen with settled status temporarily denied entry into UK

November 2022

  • black barbers with two customers at Fade Fabric Barbers

    ‘I nearly took my life’: Islington council training black barbers in mental health issues

    Black British barber shops have long been a sanctuary for black men and youth, not only to transform their hair
  • Edi Rama

    Britain is targeting Albanians to excuse policy failures, says country’s PM

    Edi Rama urges ministers to ‘stop discriminating’ after Suella Braverman’s ‘Albanian criminals’ comments
  • A vigil in Clapham Common for Sarah Everard. The report was ordered after the murder of Everard in March 2021 by a serving Met police officer.

    Police vetting failures have allowed ‘predatory’ officers to join up, watchdog finds

    Inspectorate for England and Wales says potentially thousands officers cleared who should have failed checks

October 2022

  • Shabina Aslam's exhibition Bussing Out

    Uncovering Britain’s secret history of bussing ethnic minority children

    Shabina Aslam was sent away to a remote school under a policy of dispersing non-white children in the 1960s and 1970s, which she now explores in a Bradford-based exhibition
  • Dame Sharon White

    John Lewis chair Sharon White tops list of influential black Britons

    Pioneering leader receives Powerlist award, with other names listed including Michaela Coel and Stormzy
  • Rishi Sunak is welcomed by fellow MP's on the steps of Conservative Party HQ

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Rishi Sunak to meet King Charles on Tuesday morning before taking over as PM and says UK faces ‘profound economic challenge’ – as it happened

    Rishi Sunak to meet monarch after Liz Truss chairs her final cabinet meeting at 9am
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