An Ethiopian Girl Stands At The Window Of A Temporary Shelter, At The Village 8 Refugees Transit Camp, Which Houses Ethiopian Refugees Fleeing The Fighting In The Tigray Region, Near The Sudan Ethiopia Border

Ethiopia: war in Tigray

“Love always wins. Killing others is a defeat,” said Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2018, shortly after surviving a grenade attack at a

File Photo: An Oil Tanker Is Being Loaded At Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura Oil Refinery And Oil Terminal In Saudi Arabia

What does ‘oil-rich’ mean, Daddy?

“The only officials present were American and Saudi,” tweeted the Saudi Arabian foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, but he was lying. Israeli

File Photo: Moderna's Logo Is Reflected In A Drop On A Syringe Needle In This Illustration

The mRNA miracle?

All the usual caveats apply: don’t go out and celebrate, don’t let your guard down, it’s still going to be a long haul. This winter

Military Vehicles Of The Russian Peacekeeping Forces Drive Along A Road In Nagorno Karabakh

Armenia ceasefire: a truce to last

THIS time, the truce will last. The 2,000 Russian troops flying into Armenia this week and fanning out to police the ceasefire lines in Nagorno-Karabakh

A Still Image Shows Members Of Azeri Armed Forces Firing Artillery In An Unidentified Location

Armenia and Azerbaijan 

It’s probably Azerbaijan that started the shooting in this latest round of fighting with neighbouring Armenia. Which is not to say that it’s all Azerbaijan’s