The Siberian forests of the Russian Federation are the planet’s largest “greenbelt” as they represent 22 per cent of the earth’s woodland (versus the Amazonian forest’s 16 per cent). Moreover, they are the habitat of native peoples: reindeer breeders and custodians of ancient shamanic cultures based on a symbiotic relationship with the forest, the trees, the animals and the plants growing within it. All of these environmental and human assets are now in danger of disappearing
Since 2001, the US have naturalised 26,000 immigrants after they have enlisted in the army
In Afghanistan, a suicide bombing killed at least 20 civilians
Gary Prado, the officer who captured Ernesto “Che” Guevara in Bolivia, talks about past and present of his country
James Longley is the author of Iraq in fragments, a documentary that tells of the lives of Iraqi civilians who find themselves at grips with war. Their thoughts, desires, beliefs and worries are a mirror held up to Iraq as it is today: a country pushed in diverging directions by ethnic and religious differences. “One day the United States will leave Iraq, but the Iraqis will remain. My film is about them”
A renowned cartoonist travels in the war-torn country. Just outside Lashkargah, moving north towards Grishk, the horizon fades into an infinite line between the sky and a flat, stony desert. Every so often there are low mud huts and walls, barely visible in relief.
A foundation reunites people who should hate each other, and makes them work together. It is called Breaking the Ice and it is an initiative which involves individuals who have personally experienced the traumas and horrors of war. A travel from Jerusalem to Tripoli, in Libya, sharing their fatigue to understand each others’ problems. This is the story of their journey, told through their diary
An excessive use of military patrollers behind the tragedy of Lampedusa, Italy
Poland's Kaczynski twins propose bringing back the death penalty
After a 34-day conflict, between Israel and Lebanon the guns are silent, but problems remain. Now it falls to us to compute, for each side, the cost of this conflict