The number of Bengal tigers in the world’s largest mangrove forest has decreased dramatically according to new figures. It stated that only some 100 Bengal tigers were found in the Bangladeshi part of the Sundarbans Fores...
Understanding the meaning of ‘shell-shocked’ in a context of war, conflict and gross human rights violations often allows us to negotiate with a complex of emotions and stories that move beyond journalistic ethos of ‘obje...
“A public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission, condition, status or circumstance tending to discredit or cause the dishonor or contempt of a natural or juri...
While events seen at November’s APEC conference in Beijing endeavoured to present China’s refreshed attitude towards worldwide ecological stability, recent research shows that a less-publicised environmental concern is send...
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, few countries have challenged Iran’s ‘international villain’ status. The United States is the loudest champion of this animosity and mutually demonizing rhetoric. The word ‘...
Two weeks ago, two world class athletes with a history of violence against women took centre stage in world news: United States National Football League (NFL) player Ray Rice and South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius. The ...
Between 2005 and 2012, armed groups have used education institutions for their own purposes in at least 24 countries in conflict, according to Human Rights Watch. Last week at the United Nations in Geneva, 29 nations supported ...
The phrase “six degrees of separation” has its roots in the 1969 small-world experiment of Stanley Milgram. He distributed packages to citizens in Omaha and gave them only the most skeletal information about the unknown rec...
On 3 April 2015 an outline agreement on the future of Iran’s nuclear program was reached, running over the self-imposed 31 March deadline. When the leaders did emerge, they did so with an understanding that there would be a ...