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Back to SearchWill the promise of the Covid-19 vaccines help us return to normal in 2021?
2020 ended with some relief that we now have vaccines for Covid-19. But the pandemic is not over yet and new strains of coronavirus have spread. Now …
5 years, 9 months ago
Stories from 2020: the year of Covid-19 and beyond
As we look back on the year 2020 it is undeniable that there is one story that has defined the year. But beyond the coronavirus, what have been the d…
5 years, 9 months ago
Will Azerbaijan's victory in Nagorno-Karabakh lead to lasting peace?
On December 10, Azerbaijan held a triumphant military parade in its capital, Baku. Two-and-a-half months after the start of a conflict over the break…
5 years, 9 months ago
Memories of Mosul three years after ISIS
It is three years since then Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi declared the gruelling battle against the most feared terror group in history was o…
5 years, 10 months ago
How new tech is helping the UAE farm the deserts
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit - global trade ground to a halt. Around the world people were scrambling to buy essentials as supermarket shelves empt…
5 years, 10 months ago
Iran's secret affair with Al Qaeda
On August 7, Habib Daoud, a Lebanese professor of history in Iran, was gunned down on a street in northern Tehran. Killed alongside him was his 27-ye…
5 years, 10 months ago
Why are people fleeing Ethiopia's Tigray region?
In 2019, Abiy Ahmed was riding high. For a year he had been Ethiopia’s prime minister, having emerged from byzantine internal jockeying at a time of …
5 years, 10 months ago
The changes in the Middle East after Joe Biden takes office
For nearly four years, US President Donald Trump has torn up America’s foreign policy handbook. The implications, both at home and abroad, have been …
5 years, 11 months ago
Why superstorms are the new normal
The Philippines is no stranger to storms. The country's group of islands weather around 20 storms and typhoons a year. But when news of supertyphoon …
5 years, 11 months ago
US election special: Who will be the next US President?
In this special edition of Beyond the Headlines, Michael Goldfarb, author, journalist and host of the FRDH podcast based in the UK, talks to Joyce Ka…
5 years, 11 months ago