Politics, protests and partying in the streets of Lebanon
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Lebanon from the north to the south. The demonstrations have gone viral across social media platforms with videos of raves through the even...
23 Loka 201924min
Where are Iraq's protests going?
On October 1st, young Iraqis took to the streets in Iraq’s southern provinces to demand basic services like clean water and electricity, job creation and an end to widespread corruption. The governmen...
17 Loka 201913min
Why Turkey is invading Northern Syria
On the afternoon of October 6, US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the more than 8 year Syrian civil war. That one phone call upended nearly five years of ...
9 Loka 201921min
Hazza Al Mansouri and the UAE’s space ambitions
On the 27th of September 2019, Hazza Al Mansouri became the first Emirati to go to space. He did it from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, from the same spot that Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, started his...
26 Syys 201915min
UNGA special: Greta Thunberg and Donald Trump
The United Nations General Assembly is the pinnacle of global diplomacy. For one week every year more than 190 world leaders gather in New York City. Some of the big news stories from the UN General...
25 Syys 201914min
Is the Israeli election Netanyahu’s final chapter?
What does Israel’s second election in 2019 mean for Netanyahu, the Jewish population and the Arabs and Palestinians? Deputy foreign editor, Jack Moore, takes a look at the results of the vote and spea...
19 Syys 201923min
Bye bye, Bolton
US National Security Advisor John Bolton has been fired. Or perhaps he resigned. On Twitter Donald Trump says he fired him whilst Bolton claims he quit. The hawkish security advisor has been one o...
12 Syys 201922min
