A diplomatic row between India and Canada over the murder of a prominent supporter of a Sikh separatist movement has boiled over, with tit-for-tat…

Israel’s campaign to destroy the military, security and financial infrastructure of Hezbollah in Lebanon has also crippled the economic and social…

Drug production and abuse have wreaked havoc in all corners of the world. Today, the drugs that derive from the poppy create an industry worth around…

If you were to cut an opium poppy seed pod, it would exude a latex or creamy emulsion from the seed capsules. If you were to dry that latex, you…

While serving as the French Consul General in Jeddah in 2012, Louis Blin began compiling an encyclopedia of French literature that referenced the…

There is a narrative wafting out of Lebanon at the moment that many within Lebanon dare not veer away from. The party line is that "Israel’s war has…

Lebanon continues to suffer from Israeli air strikes, leaving a trail of destruction of property and infrastructure, not to mention the human cost. A…

At Hatzerim Airbase on 23 October, Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant told Israeli pilots that “after we strike Iran, everyone will understand…

Living in Beirut, I had heard whispers of the “dawn raiders"— armed state security forces who arrive at your home at dawn— but never did I imagine…