**Mali gov’t announces June 18 for referendum on new constitution**
The military rulers previously missed a deadline to hold the referendum seen as a milestone towards elections next year.
**Mali gov’t announces June 18 for referendum on new constitution**
The military rulers previously missed a deadline to hold the referendum seen as a milestone towards elections next year.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/5/mali-announces-new-date-for-referendum-on-new-constitution
**Gardener, grandfather, king: Who is Charles III?**
The UK is preparing to officially crown Charles and his wife Camilla on May 6 in a series of royal events.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/5/gardener-grandfather-king-who-is-charles-iii
**Mexico: Families of missing people join volunteer search brigades**
Critics say authorities are not doing enough to find tens of thousands of people who have disappeared in recent years.
**Don’t use terrorism as diplomatic tool: Pakistan FM in India**
Bhutto-Zardari is on a two-day visit to India for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/5/dont-use-terrorism-as-diplomatic-tool-pakistan-fm-in-india
**Prayer for rain, water rations: Catalonia struggles with drought**
With no sign of rain clouds, the Catalan regional government broadens curbs on water use to 495 towns or villages.
**With Charles III coronation, colonialism is coming home to roost**
From a plundered economy to a police force ready to crush protests, Britain today looks like its colonies once did.
**Kremlin attack ‘yet another justification of killings in Ukraine’**
Analysts offer theories on this week's drone attack, which Russia has blamed on Ukraine without providing any evidence.
**UK’s ruling party suffers losses in Sunak’s first electoral test**
The Conservatives suffer high-profile losses in the local council polls ahead of a general vote expected next year.
**Photos: Napoli fans celebrate Italian football league title**
Ecstatic celebrations follow the team’s first Serie A title in more than three decades.
**Kais Saied’s Tunisia is becoming a failed state**
After a few years of being governed by Saied, the Tunisian state is already struggling to fulfil its responsibilities.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/5/5/kais-saieds-tunisia-is-becoming-a-failed-state
**‘Owning a home a dream’: Housing crisis hits Turks ahead of polls**
Turkey is going through an immense housing crisis ahead of key elections amid hyperinflation and economic downturn.
**5 Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir army operation**
Indian army confirms casualties in operation in the Rajouri sector of the Himalayan region of the disputed territory.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/5/two-indian-soldiers-killed-in-kashmir-army-operation
**HSBC faces shareholder vote on splitting bank**
Chinese shareholder Ping An argues split necessary as bank lags behind international peers.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/5/5/hsbc-faces-shareholder-vote-on-splitting-bank
**British Asians reflect on Empire before King Charles’s coronation**
Decades after the end of the British Empire, many South Asian Britons are still grappling with the monarchical legacy.
**Delhi’s Coronation Park a neglected site of India’s colonial past**
Visitors to sprawling site meant as memorial to British rule in the subcontinent get no help in understanding the space.
**Gaza truce holds as Palestinians protest death of hunger striker**
Israeli forces demolish Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank as more rallies planned after death of Khader Adnan.
**Pakistan government, Imran Khan’s PTI agree on simultaneous polls**
Late-night talks between the ruling alliance and Khan's party, however, end without any agreement on an election date.
**Almost 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022: UN**
Report finds number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food aid increased for a fourth year.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/3/un-258-million-people-faced-acute-food-insecurity-in-2022
**Let us have a proper discussion about child sexual abuse**
Turning this important issue into a matter of colour and ethnicity could allow predators to avoid detection.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/5/3/let-us-have-a-proper-discussion-about-child-sexual-abuse