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...
As the 13th presidential election takes place in three days, on June 18, the propaganda in the Islamic Republic is trying to show that Iranians will go to the polls to determine the fate of their...
On Saturday, May 8, 2021, when the students of Sayyed Al-Shohada School were leaving, they were attacked by terrorists. These were innocent and unarmed students, who saw education and the acquisition...
In line with their effort to curb the spread of the Covid-19, Indonesia's government has made the brave move to ban mudik, a homecoming exodus which occurs ahead of Idul Fitri (Eid) holiday. Mudik...
A new study from the University of Birmingham has shown that disabled people across the Global South have faced ‘significant discrimination’ during the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving them at greater...
Amina Yaqin, SOAS, University of London Imran Khan, the prime minister of Pakistan, has caused an uproar with remarks about sexual violence, attributing the rising number of reports of rape in...
The inauguration of Joe Biden as 46th President of the United States promises a more competent and less contentious approach to foreign affairs than was the case with his predecessor Donald Trump....