MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Airlines keep avoiding Middle East airspace after US attack on Iran 3 min 0 By Reuters
CURIOSITY Brewed brilliance: the surprising role of beer in the rise of Sumerian society 2 min 0 By Don Pinnock
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 17 JANUARY 2025 Gaza ceasefire to start on time despite ’loose end’, says US’s Blinken; Putin to meet with Iranian president 8 min 22 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 15 JANUARY 2025 US's Blinken lays out post-war Gaza plan; ceasefire deal ‘closer than ever’ - mediators 6 min 15 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 1 NOVEMBER 2024 Iran ‘preparing to strike Israel from Iraq’ - report; 39 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza 8 min 113 By Reuters
INFERNAL PLIGHT OP-ED In the deadly heat, Iraq’s hospitals have become the ground-zero battlefield in the country’s climate crisis 15 min 0 By Susan Schulman
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 12 SEPTEMBER 2024 Israeli forces kill six in West Bank raids; US sanctions Lebanese network for ‘smuggling for Hezbollah’ 5 min 2 By Reuters
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY Cement giant in crosshairs: Amal Clooney seeks US justice for Yazidis brutalised by Isis 7 min 5 By J Brooks Spector
LESSONS IN COMPASSION A visit to Jordan is a stark reminder of the plight of refugees, especially their children 5 min 0 By Mark Potterton
UKRAINE UPDATE: 17 APRIL 2023 Russia returns POWs in Easter exchange; China’s defence minister meets Putin 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
USE OF MILITARY FORCE Twenty years later, US Senate may finally repeal authorisations for wars in Iraq 2 min 0 By Reuters
PHOTO ESSAY Heaven to Hell, Blue Skies to Pain: The lament of Iraq’s climate migrant dispossessed communities 17 min 0 By Susan Schulman
RESIDENTIAL FIRE Six killed, 30 wounded in gas cylinder explosion in northern Iraq 1 min 0 By Reuters
ANALYSIS Russia’s war on Ukraine stirs ghosts of past catastrophic conflicts 11 min 4 By J Brooks Spector
FUTURE OF THE PLANET OP-ED From smart agriculture to 3D-printed houses, 4IR tech can help combat the climate crisis 4 min 0 By Mduduzi Mbiza and Saurabh Sinha
CONTRACT FIDDLE SA link to US medical firm accused of sneaking unapproved drugs to military patients in Iraq 3 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
AFGHANISTAN & IRAQ WARS Donald Rumsfeld’s legacy of ruin is nothing to celebrate 5 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
SMALL SCREEN This weekend we’re watching: American misinformation for dummies 4 min 4 By Tevya Turok Shapiro
