Africa is back at the centre of international attention after two major events in July. The second Russia-Africa summit and then the coup d’etat in…

Basra: Iraq remains toward the top of a list of the countries most at risk of climate change, and yet there is a strange silence on the issue among…

Seventy-eight years ago on 6 August 2023, a nuclear weapon was used for the first time.‘Little Boy’ – the nickname given by the US for the atomic…

Over the years, I’ve come to think of the big auction houses in London as opulent art galleries. Perhaps that’s inevitable if you can’t hope to…

France's recent setback in the African Sahel marks its third loss in the region. This has triggered demands from local populations for Paris to…

Belatedly, Gulf Arab countries and the five Central Asian republics are discovering each other. While the discussions are about economic investments…

On 3 May 2023, I arrived in Baghdad upon receiving an invitation from the Middle East Research Institute and Al-Nahrain Centre for Strategic Studies,…

The story of unemployment can only be partially told in numbers. Hidden behind claimed figures are real people, suffering from the consequences of…

The Islamic conquests that took place during the first Hijri century changed the face of history and reshaped the world, as it transitioned from the…

West Nineveh: “Sinjar is special,” the officer at the checkpoint said, refusing to allow me to continue on to the Yazidi homeland of Sinjar.“You will…