Drought in Iraq unearths more than 2,000 years old tombs | Drought News
The newly discovered tombs are believed to date back to the Hellenistic or Hellenistic-Seleucid period. Published On 31 Aug 202531 Aug 2025 Archaeologists in drought-hit […]
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From beats to ballots: What political rap lyrics tell us | Music
What role has hip-hop played in activism? From the 1980s, hip-hop has essentially enabled marginalised voices to break through to the mainstream. The song Girl […]
Space cowboys: The maverick pioneers of galactic travel | Space
The 1987 order from the German government was clear: Shut down your operations in Libya. For Lutz Kayser, this marked the heartbreaking finale to his […]
A Reel War: Israeli filmmaker’s search for stolen Palestinian films | Israel-Palestine conflict
An Israeli filmmaker uncovers seized PLO archives, raising questions about Palestinian heritage and identity. Was Palestinian history carefully recorded by the earliest 20th-century filmmakers as […]
French troops to exit Senegal by end of 2025 | History News
Senegal distances itself from colonial past, following trend sweeping across West and Central Africa since 2022. France and Senegal are setting terms for a withdrawal […]
‘Denying our truth’: Fighting residential school denialism in Canada | Indigenous Rights News
While Indigenous communities have long known about deaths at residential schools and the existence of unmarked burial sites, for much of Canada’s history, the residential […]
From street names to textbooks, Senegal is rewriting French colonial memory | Arts and Culture News
Dakar, Senegal – On a weekday at Dakar’s open-air Fass Market, traders call out in a rhythmic buzz as some buyers approach from a nearby […]
Before Trump: The long US history of tariff wars with Canada and the world | Donald Trump News
After a dramatic day of telephone diplomacy, United States President Donald Trump has agreed to pause 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada […]
The Alaskan hero dogs who prevented a diphtheria epidemic in 1925 | History
When Dr Curtis Welch checked on a very sick three-year-old patient who had been admitted to his tiny hospital on January 20, 1925, his worst […]
Egypt Through the Lens: Royal marriages | History
Photographing the glamour and excess of Egyptian royal weddings – politics, world leaders and lavish jewellery. Egypt Through the Lens is a four-part series that […]