Energy-rich Kazakhstan is one of Russia's most important allies. The Central Asian nation, however, has closer ties with the West than any other country in the region. Is Russia’s influence in...
Iran's recent military exercises on its northern border with Azerbaijan (replete with tanks, artillery guns, and helicopters firing at targets) raised eyebrows in Baku. Shortly after the Iranian...
On the night of September 11, 2021, explosions were heard at Erbil International Airport in the eponymous capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan. It was the latest in a series of rocket and drone attacks...
On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, a Protection Bill, which is known as Tarh-e Sianat, was introduced in the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran. According to some members of parliament, the bill is to...
China is now one of the most - if not the most - technologically advanced countries in the world, thanks to the global precedent it has set when it comes to the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). From...
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of the powerful Islamist Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that controls large parts of Syria's northwestern Idlib province, has called for the establishment of...
Following the Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan this August, Iraqi Kurdistan has insisted that it will not allow a similar fate to befall its landlocked region. "There is a big difference...
After I saw the photos of Masoumeh Ataei as a model for the first time, I was shocked. "What happened to her?" I asked myself, staring at the burns and scars on her face, which contrasted with the...
After a year of delay, the 2020 Summer Olympics officially kicked off in a different, strange and restrictive scenario. Opinions regarding the rescheduling of the event, while still amidst the...
Last April, a video of a YouTuber wearing a fake “mask” went viral in Indonesia. The content creator had a fake mask painted on her face and entered a supermarket with her friend. Their prank was...