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Neanderthal babies may have grown at surprisingly rapid speeds compared with modern humansScientists unearthed a Neanderthal infant, Amud 7, in Israel. Its bones and brain were larger than expected for its age. This suggests Nean...
Ground down by War, Hezbollah's loyal base shows cracksIn Lebanon, the toll of relentless warfare and Hezbollah's proxy battles has led to a profound exhaustion among its people. Tired of witnes...
A year after Assad’s collapse, Syria battles trauma, sectarian rifts and the slow work of rebuildingA year after Bashar Assad's fall, Syria grapples with healing from decades of repression and civil war. While former prisoner Mohammad Marw...
Saudi billions poised for Syria but US sanctions remain a barrierSaudi Arabian firms are planning billion-dollar investments in Syria's reconstruction, focusing on energy, finance, and telecoms. Major pla...
World Bank estimates $216B needed to rebuild Syria after civil warSyria faces a colossal rebuilding task. The World Bank estimates the cost at $216 billion. This follows over a decade of civil war. Infrast...
Trump says US to lift Syria sanctions, secures $600 billion Saudi dealPresident Trump initiated his Gulf trip by announcing the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria, alongside a substantial $600 billion investme...
In 100 days, the Israel-Hamas war has transformed the region. The fighting shows no signs of endingIsrael and Hamas have been at war for 100 days, marking the longest and deadliest conflict between the two nations since 1948. The war bega...
As the Turkish Republic turns 100, here's a look at its achievements and challenges aheadTurkey has, however, taken on a more conservative character under the two-decade-old rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose party ha...
Syrian President Bashar Assad arrives in China on first visit since the beginning of war in SyriaSyrian President Bashar Assad has arrived in China for his first visit since the start of the country's conflict. China has been a major su...
Arab League readmits Syria as relations with Assad normaliseAfter more than ten years, the Arab League has readmitted Syria. However, the League’s Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, stressed that ...
World Bank estimates February 6 earthquakes caused $34.2 bln in damage in TurkeyThe bank estimates that the earthquakes would also shave at least half a percentage point off Turkey's forecast gross domestic product grow...
Death toll tops 21,000 from Turkey-Syria quake as hopes fadeThe 7.8-magnitude quake struck early Monday as people slept, in a region where many had already suffered loss and displacement due to Syria...
Iranian drones used by Russia in Ukraine show that there's already one victor in that war: IranIran is among Russia's most vocal supporters in the war. As a military analyst who specialises in Iranian national security strategy, I see...
The war in Afghanistan, by the numbersThe Afghan government no longer publishes data for losses within its army, which are significant, but President Ashraf Ghani in 2019 said m...
Explainer: How could US drawdown in Iraq aid IS, Iran?There are already signs of a possible Islamic State comeback as the group exploits security gaps widened by a year of protests and the pand...
India pledges to contribute $5 million in 2020 to UN Palestine refugee agencyIndia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu said as a mark of solidarity with the Palestine refugees, the ...
High-tech plan in place to save ancient sites from ISIS: ReportArchaeologists at Oxford and Harvard will flood the region with 3D cameras in a plan to create a full digital record of every threatened ar...
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
Has over-cautious foreign policy put India's commercial interests in Libya in danger?Has its foreign policy put India's commercial interests in Libya & some other Arab countries in danger? Will rebels look at India Inc kindl...
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