World Refugee Day - The voices of resilience
110 million: that is the number of people who have been forcibly displaced around the world due to persecution, conflict, violence and human rights abuse. This record level has been reached amid ongoi...
20 Jun 202313min
Why Lebanon can’t elect a new president
On June 14, Lebanon's parliament failed again to agree on a new president. The position has been vacant for eight months, since the end of Michel Aoun’s term. Neither of the two candidates made it thr...
16 Jun 202320min
What can India do to avoid another train tragedy?
At least 288 people were killed and hundreds injured in the deadly crash that happened in Odisha. It jolted India. News crews rushed to the accident spot in Balasore to find mangled train coaches ramm...
9 Jun 202312min
What does Erdogan’s win mean for Turkey and the world?
Nato, Sweden, F16s, inflation and refugees. What do they all have in common? Erdogan and Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the run-off election on May 28, defeating Kemal Kilicdaroglu. On thi...
1 Jun 202314min
Cyclone Mocha wrecks Myanmar Rohingya’s lives and hopes
On May 14, Cyclone Mocha unleashed its fury upon the port town of Sittwe in the Rakhine state. The devastation was catastrophic, particularly for the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority. Even a week a...
26 Mai 202311min
What’s at stake in Turkey’s election run-off?
Hope, disappointment, joy and confusion are some of the emotions Turks felt after a rollercoaster election day. In the vote on May 14, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan scored 49.51 per cent, just shy ...
19 Mai 20238min
The significance of Syria’s return to the Arab League
Syria’s devastating civil war has raged for more than 12 years. In that time, Half a million people have been killed, by some estimates. Three million have been left with a disability. And half of the...
12 Mai 202322min
King Charles coronation: What to expect from the day and the new king?
Millions of people in the UK and around the whole world are preparing for a rare weekend indeed, with a new king to be crowned. On May 6, the coronation of King Charles III will be held at Westminster...
2 Mai 202316min
