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Is the world doing enough to stop climate change?
24 mins; November 04, 2022
Who is Rishi Sunak and how can he restore British stability?
22 mins; October 28, 2022
How Malala’s story, advocacy and activism for women’s education inspired generations
9 mins; October 18, 2022
What is the maritime border deal between Lebanon and Israel and why does it matter?
23 mins; October 14, 2022
Why the world’s supply of microchips is a fragile system
18 mins; October 05, 2022
How the death of a Kurdish-Iranian woman sparked an outcry
17 mins; September 30, 2022
What’s on the agenda as the world meets at the UN
13 mins; September 23, 2022
How climate change is affecting bees – and why we should all be worried
16 mins; September 14, 2022
What comes next after Iraq’s turbulent week
19 mins; September 01, 2022
The global monkeypox outbreak amid a pandemic
23 mins; August 25, 2022
Stories from the 1947 India-Pakistan Partition
34 mins; August 17, 2022
The future of farming in the UAE
25 mins; August 10, 2022
Future-proofing our cities against record-breaking temperatures
21 mins; August 03, 2022
Lebanon’s silent crisis
20 mins; July 28, 2022
Tunisia’s contested referendum
22 mins; July 22, 2022
How will President Biden’s visit to the Middle East be remembered?
24 mins; July 15, 2022
Five years after ISIS, when will Mosul be rebuilt?
21 mins; July 08, 2022
What is the future of Nato?
15 mins; July 01, 2022
How to live longer
19 mins; June 22, 2022
How rising prices in the Middle East are pushing people into poverty
14 mins; June 17, 2022
When and how can America stop the mass shootings?
21 mins; June 10, 2022
What can be done to stop the tide of dust storms?
18 mins; June 01, 2022
Davos 2022 biggest takeaways
22 mins; May 26, 2022
Will the Lebanese election be a turning point?
21 mins; May 20, 2022
Sheikh Khalifa’s legacy
12 mins; May 14, 2022
Is the Covid-19 pandemic over?
24 mins; May 13, 2022
The desperation that drove refugees from Lebanon to their deaths at sea
19 mins; May 06, 2022
Is Rwanda really the solution to Britain’s migrant issue?
28 mins; April 29, 2022
The Ramadan food crisis
19 mins; April 22, 2022
Is this really the end for Imran Khan?
25 mins; April 15, 2022
How Afghans in Poland are helping Ukrainian refugees
20 mins; April 06, 2022
What happens after Expo 2020 Dubai?
16 mins; March 29, 2022
Ukraine’s women in war
22 mins; March 24, 2022
Why Iran is raining rockets on Iraq
26 mins; March 17, 2022
India’s hijab row
24 mins; March 10, 2022
Ukraine’s refugee crisis
10 mins; March 04, 2022
Ukraine Special: Kiev under siege
11 mins; February 25, 2022
How archeology is inspiring Omanis - and the world
25 mins; February 25, 2022
Will nuclear fusion save mankind?
27 mins; February 18, 2022
The Middle Eastern challenges of competing in the Winter Olympics
14 mins; February 11, 2022
What is the metaverse and can it replace the real world?
20 mins; February 04, 2022
A journey into the future of the UAE’s Etihad Rail
21 mins; January 28, 2022
How CIA pop music helped elect the president of the Philippines
15 mins; January 20, 2022
What Israel’s Omicron wave means for global vaccine push
23 mins; January 14, 2022
Can Iran and the US reach a new nuclear deal?
14 mins; January 07, 2022
A look back at 2021 (Part 2): The Taliban takeover and the Gaza-Israel War
25 mins; December 30, 2021
A look back at 2021 (Part 1): Covid-19 and the space race
43 mins; December 23, 2021
How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?
16 mins; December 16, 2021
Macron in the Middle East
28 mins; December 09, 2021
50 years of the UAE through the eyes of those who lived it
22 mins; November 30, 2021
Do children need the Covid-19 vaccine?
18 mins; November 25, 2021
Is Belarus using migrants to get back at the EU?
18 mins; November 18, 2021
The Middle East water crisis and regional stability
15 mins; November 11, 2021
How Sudan’s political tensions escalated into a national crisis
19 mins; November 04, 2021
How the Gulf is getting serious about climate change
21 mins; October 28, 2021
Will shooting shatter hopes for Beirut blast justice?
19 mins; October 20, 2021
Will the Iraq elections bring change?
13 mins; October 14, 2021
Does Expo 2020 Dubai give us a glimpse into the future?
11 mins; October 07, 2021
Exiled Afghans dream of returning to a free homeland
21 mins; September 30, 2021
On Saudi National Day, women reflect on a changing kingdom
11 mins; September 22, 2021
Lights out in Lebanon‘s schools as crisis hits
17 mins; September 16, 2021
20 years of the war on terror
16 mins; September 09, 2021
Evacuees left behind in Afghanistan
13 mins; September 02, 2021
The Middle East’s Captagon crisis
28 mins; August 26, 2021
How Kabul fell to the Taliban
23 mins; August 19, 2021
A new era for Iran
16 mins; August 11, 2021
Ep 4. The Blast - Fallout
37 mins; August 04, 2021
Ep 3. The Blast - Zero Hour
27 mins; August 03, 2021
Ep 2. The Blast - The Six-Year Wait
31 mins; August 02, 2021
Ep 1. The Blast - The Russian and The Rhosus
27 mins; August 01, 2021
The Blast from Beyond the Headlines
29 secs; August 01, 2021
Is France's anti-separatism law anti-Muslim?
23 mins; July 29, 2021
Why some Saudis stop everything to volunteer at Hajj
13 mins; July 20, 2021
Will Iraq's power problem ever end?
23 mins; July 15, 2021
South Sudan faced war and famine, but what's next for the world's youngest country?
17 mins; July 08, 2021
Will there be lasting peace in Tigray?
19 mins; July 01, 2021
Behind the scenes ahead of Expo 2020 Dubai
22 mins; June 22, 2021
Is the Turkish President meddling in football?
21 mins; June 17, 2021
How will Mustafa Al Kadhimi rein in Iraq's militias?
25 mins; June 10, 2021
Are vaccine passports necessary or discriminatory?
18 mins; June 03, 2021
Are Palestinians being censored by social media?
19 mins; May 27, 2021
What sparked the latest Gaza-Israel war?
23 mins; May 20, 2021
What Mars missions mean for humanity
20 mins; May 13, 2021
How Covid-19 mRNA research could cure HIV and cancer
22 mins; May 06, 2021
How did India's Covid crisis become so bad?
28 mins; April 29, 2021
Can desalination quench the world’s water worries?
19 mins; April 22, 2021
How Abu Dhabi’s Hope Consortium is helping to vaccinate the world
21 mins; April 15, 2021
Is the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine safe?
23 mins; April 08, 2021
Stuck in the Suez Canal
19 mins; March 31, 2021
Is corruption in Iraq impossible to beat?
17 mins; March 25, 2021
Raqqa after ten years of war and revolution in Syria
15 mins; March 18, 2021
The legacy of the Pope's Iraq visit
28 mins; March 08, 2021
Tunisians numb to the horror of public self-immolation
15 mins; March 04, 2021
Why have Indian farmers been protesting for months?
17 mins; February 25, 2021
How the UAE moved an entire coral reef
19 mins; February 18, 2021
How UAE’s Hope probe made history
14 mins; February 10, 2021
How the repeal of the “Muslim Ban” will affect Muslim refugees
14 mins; February 04, 2021
Can Lebanon survive the coronavirus pandemic?
15 mins; January 28, 2021
Biden inauguration - The unprecedented presidential handover
18 mins; January 21, 2021
Egypt’s #MeToo movement and how it is changing the country
21 mins; January 16, 2021
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