Middle East
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Brokering a Ceasefire in Yemen’s Economic Conflict
The latter struggle causes great civilian suffering. The new UN envoy should make it a central task to achieve an…
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Boycotts are an essential and necessary part of public life
On this particular estate, negotiations over rent had turned sour and 11 of the farmers were threatened with eviction. Osman…
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Turkey-Armenia Talks Hold Promise of Opening Long-Shut Border
Crisis Group experts Olesya Vartanyan, Nigar Göksel and Zaur Shiriyev unpack how the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020…
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UN calls for $7 billion in aid for Afghanistan as ‘full-blown humanitarian catastrophe looms’
The United Nations requires A$7 billion in aid for Afghanistan in 2022 to avert a humanitarian catastrophe and offer the…
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Basmah bint Saud: Saudi princess released from jail after almost three years
Princess Basma bint Saud was detained in March 2019 as she prepared to fly to Switzerland for medical treatment. BBC…
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Two Turkey-origin women to serve in new Dutch government
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, a 44-year-old politician of the right-wing People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been a member…
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Qandi’s father sold her for $1300 to feed the family. Her mother is fighting to buy her back
Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so he could feed…
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Tasoula Hadjitofi Interview | Culturescope
Tasoula Hadjitofi, “The Icon Hunter,” is renowned worldwide for her work combatting art trafficking. She claims that each of us…
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Afghans arrive at Croatian border amid violence, freezing weather
BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — As the first snowfall blankets the area, Afghan migrants traveling for months are starting to arrive. Stefania…
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The untold story of the world’s fiercest tank battle
The most pitched tank battle in the history of warfare was fought not against the Nazis in Europe or North…
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Meseret’s miracle
Soon after, sister Meseret fled the country in fear for her life. Patrick Martin ABC News But the safe haven…
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5 things to know about Mary, the mother of Jesus
Yet we know remarkably little about her. Philip C. Almond The Conversation In the New Testament, there is nothing about…
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Cyprus: Turkish Occupation and Unpunished Crimes Against Women and Children
On December 16 and 17, Democracy Today, an NGO that focuses on human rights issues, organized its annual international conference in…
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Frankincense and myrrh have been revered since ancient times – but now they’re under threat
In the Bible, Matthew’s gospel tells us that the wise men “saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down…
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A Persian festival, Yalda, celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, with pomegranates, poetry and sacred rituals
As a child I would dread this time of the year. Pardis Mahdavi The Conversation Not only was there was…
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Why Jerusalem Cannot Be ‘Taken Off the Table’
Last month, a Palestinian, just 16 years old, stabbed two border police officers in Jerusalem’s Old City, and was fatally…
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