On World Population Day, how science can help people live longer and longer
Every year on July 11, the world observes World Population Day, designated by the United Nations to raise awareness about global population issues. It serves as a reminder of the significant challenge...
11 Jul 202319min
How the killing of a teenager exposed a fault-line through France
France has entered a second week of unrest, after riots triggered by the police killing of a teenager of North African descent spread across the country. Seventeen-year-old Nahel M, from the Parisian ...
5 Jul 202314min
Hajj - A journey of faith and self-discovery
Hajj falls during Dhu Al Hijja, the 12th month in the Islamic calendar. The annual pilgrimage itself is fard, meaning mandatory, for every able-bodied and financially capable Muslim, at least once in ...
26 Jun 202310min
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
