What is the maritime border deal between Lebanon and Israel and why does it matter?
Drawing a line on a map is never straightforward – there are many places around the world with no set boundaries. But now there is one less unmarked border as Lebanon and Israel have, after years of i...
14 Okt 202223min
Why the world’s supply of microchips is a fragile system
Microchips are integral to almost everything we do - they keep planes in the sky and cars on the roads, they are the brains of almost every modern device we use. It is microchips that mean we can walk...
5 Okt 202218min
How the death of a Kurdish-Iranian woman sparked an outcry
In a video shared many times on social media, an Iranian woman climbs on top of a car in the conservative city of Mashhad. She takes off her headscarf and starts chanting “death to the dictator”. Youn...
30 Sep 202217min
What’s on the agenda as the world meets at the UN
After a two-year disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations General Assembly has returned to normal … more or less. While the UN has implemented a number of covid restrictions includi...
23 Sep 202213min
How climate change is affecting bees – and why we should all be worried
Gaza has only one honey-producing season, which begins with the onset of the warmer weather in March and lasts until the first week of May. This usually sets up Gaza'a honey production for the year, w...
15 Sep 202216min
What comes next after Iraq’s turbulent week
On Monday August 29th, Iraq came closer to civil war than it has for year. The fears of many Iraqis that political tensions would spill out into violence were coming true. After 11 months of parliamen...
1 Sep 202219min
The global monkeypox outbreak amid a pandemic
As much of the world’s focus remained firmly fixed on ending the coronavirus pandemic, another illness was quietly spreading in the background and has now emerged as a global health concern. A few mon...
26 Aug 202223min
Stories from the 1947 India-Pakistan Partition
On August 15, 1947, British Viceroy Lord Louis Mountbatten formally announced India's independence from British colonial rule. The Indian subcontinent was partitioned into two countries – India and Pa...
18 Aug 202234min
