German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey. Getty images/ Guido Bergmann/Bundesregierung. All rights reserved. Time has come to finally identify the common thread connecting the various failures of the European Union:…
No one said that Staffan de Mistura’s job is easy. As UN Special Envoy, de Mistura has been tasked with seeking a peaceful resolution to the war in Syria. But…
William Morris printed textile, Strawberry thief, 1883. Wikicommons. Public domain.It is said that the Brexiteers have the identity side of the debate sown up. The British, or at least the…
There have been many discoveries of potentially habitable planets orbiting stars other than our own over the last few years. Now things are getting even more exciting. Scientists have documented…
Luaty Beirao. RTP caption. All rights reserved.On the 20th of June, fifteen Angolan activists were arrested in Luanda accused of attempting to disrupt public order and security. Seventeen activists were…
Pop quiz, hot shot. You aced the phone screen. This morning’s on-site interviews went amazing. After lunch with the team, a guy sits down across the table from you. He asks you,…
Demotix/Luke Somers. All rights reserved.In Yemen, only ruins are left of the revolutionary process which raised such enthusiasm in 2011. Political and sectarian polarisation have been the outcomes of the…
Demotix/Stefano Montesi. All rights reserved.“The Islamic State has taken the Iraqi city of Ramadi” … “The Islamic State beheaded British aid worker Alan Henning” … “The Islamic State beheaded American…
Migrant constructed Christian church in the Calais 'jungle'. Demotix/Guy Corbishley. all rights reserved. Covering migration has proven to be the biggest challenge for journalists and media organisations across the world.…
Food and bathing have a long shared history. There's the old wives' tale that placing cucumbers over your eyes will reduce puffiness. And the newer craze of consuming a beer…