African farmers say they can feed the world, and we might soon need them to

ByPeter Schwartzstein

How to run an international airport with jihadists on the doorstep

ByPeter Schwartzstein

The perfect recipe for making jihadis was developed in this small Iraqi town

ByPeter Schwartzstein

The climate-change refugee crisis is only just beginning

ByPeter Schwartzstein

The 21st-century gold rush where people work in 19th-century conditions

ByPeter Schwartzstein

This small Turkish town grows a quarter of the world’s hazelnuts

ByPeter Schwartzstein

Iraqis say ISIL’s impact on Baghdad food prices is even worse than its car bombs

ByPeter Schwartzstein

Iraq enlisted 100,000 militiamen to fight ISIL and now it can barely control them

ByPeter Schwartzstein

The Arab Spring’s best legacy: Egyptians are now reading once-banned books

ByPeter Schwartzstein

ISIL has forced the price of eggs in Syria up by 1,000%

ByPeter Schwartzstein