How did Ukraine finally get the tanks it wanted?
It took months of wrangling and it nearly didn’t happen - but Ukraine will soon get some of the most formidable tanks ever built. At the start of the war in February 2022, Western aid focused on sendi...
27 Tammi 202319min
Davos 2023: Highlights from the World Economic Forum
Thousands of business leaders, policy makers, experts, heads of government and state have gathered once again in a snowy Swiss mountain resort in January. There are crises affecting different parts of...
20 Tammi 202315min
Why Covid in China spread so fast
Since Covid-19 first emerged in Wuhan province in late 2019, China has pursued an aggressive containment policy. In October, 28 cities across China were in some form of lockdown impacting 207 million ...
13 Tammi 202319min
Football history in the making as the Arabian Gulf Cup returns to Iraq
The Arabian Gulf Cup is returning to Iraq for the first time since 1979. Coming less than a month after the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the tournament in the once war-torn city of Basra represents anothe...
6 Tammi 202314min
What’s changed around the world in 2022?
2022 was a year of uncertainty on the global stage. Amid the lingering impact of Covid-19, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused a fresh shock to the system and its reverberations were felt across the p...
30 Joulu 202216min
What has changed in the Middle East in 2022?
2022 was a year in the global spotlight for the Middle East. Mass protests in Iran after the death of a young woman in police custody brought about real hope of change, while in Israel, the re-electi...
23 Joulu 202224min
Tunisia’s parliamentary elections - what to expect
On December 17, 2010, Tunisian fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the Arab Uprisings. Coinciding with the 12th anniversary of his death...
16 Joulu 202218min
Iran’s religious rules and the force that upholds them
A group of men in green uniforms and women in loose black chador head scarfs roaming the streets in a van is a familiar sight in Iran. This is a patrol by Iran’s so-called morality police Officially...
9 Joulu 202222min
