The two‑week ceasefire, brokered just hours before US President Donald Trump’s threat of “total annihilation” was set to take effect, remains highly tentative. Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the ...

The two‑week ceasefire between the US and Iran, brokered by Pakistan just hours before US President Donald Trump’s threat of “total annihilation,” remains highly tentative. Also, countries in Africa ...

There’s an emerging understanding that extreme heat impacts not just physical health, but mental health, too. One nonprofit in Bangladesh is studying how heat waves in informal settlements outside of ...

The two-week ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran was brokered by Pakistan. For years, the country was seen by the US and others in the West as a pariah state due to its Taliban links, but much ...

After more than a month of constant bombardment, residents in Tehran brace for what might be an end to the fighting. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, US President Donald Trump announced a ...

As the economic shocks of the war in Iran continue, countries in eastern Africa are particularly exposed due to a combination of geography and politics. But for countries in other parts of the ...

A high-profile visit by US Vice President JD Vance to Budapest is drawing attention to crucial elections being held in Hungary this Sunday. Vance’s two-day visit is seen by many as an 11th hour ...

Iranian musician Hamidreza Afrideh and his wife spent a long time working to establish the Honiak Music Academy in Tehran. Earlier this month, it was destroyed in a missile strike. Fortunately, no one ...

Elephants have been important for Hindu rituals for centuries, but in response to campaigns by animal rights activists, human ...

Today, US President Donald Trump warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight never to be brought back again” if Iran does not make a deal by his evening deadline. This clash of civilizations ...

The war in Iran is raising concerns in Taiwan about US bandwidth, and whether the Pentagon can fight in the Middle East while deterring China. Cheng Li-wun, the combative chair of Taiwan’s main ...

In the last few months, the push to replace real elephants with mechanical ones has geared up in India, with around 25 mechanical elephants now placed in Indian temples, primarily in the state of ...