Afghanistan - Coming Full Circle
After 20 years, the country’s old regime prepares to come back
After 20 years, the country’s old regime prepares to come back
Two hundred years ago, the death of one of the most beloved (and most controversial) characters in history
A story of the Mafia and an inefficient health service
The militias of Shabab, or revolutionary youth, which fought against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces for control of Libya in 2011, could hardly be called an army. They lacked a proper command chain, uniforms, sophisticated weaponry and military skills, and yet they stood up to the national army and kept advancing towards Misratah and Tripoli.As the militiamen […]
In May 2011, Misratah, Libya’s third largest city, had been under siege for three months. Gaddafi’s forces and the militias of Shabab, or revolutionary youth, fought to control the city in a conflict of unprecedented violence. It caused hundreds of deaths and devastated a large part of the urban landscape, which for weeks has been […]
Remembering the Afro-American struggle for equality: with an eye on the present
A new peace deal, yet the same old issues remain
How the islands of Okinawa are becoming the Queen of the Pacific
What God has joined together, let no one separate
Into the life of the emperor who legitimated Christianity