India’s Trade With Iran
India has been keen to expand into Iran, where an Indian firm is developing a deep-water port in the southern coastal town of Chabahar....
The Truth about Uyghur demographics and Han immigration in Xinjiang
The same accusation that Han people are demographically swamping Uyghurs has been repeated around over 1,000 times already and is widespread in the western...
Mapping Africa’s natural resources
Africa remains a key territory on the global map. Rich in oil and natural resources, the continent holds a strategic position.
It is the world's...
Syrian refugee crisis in numbers
By Diana Al Rifai
UNHCR says more than four million people have fled Syria since the conflict began. More than half of them are children.
Mapping Africa’s natural resources
An overview of the continent's main natural resources.
Africa remains a key territory on the global map. Rich in oil and natural resources, the continent...
The size of it
How the world's population has changed
THE world in 1950 looked very different from how it does now. Europe was home to 22% of the...
These maps show which countries use (and produce) the majority of our non-renewable energy...
Petroleum: Consumption
The heatmap below shows which countries in the world are consuming the most petroleum. Hover over a country to see how many thousands...
Interactive: World nuclear club
Mohammed Haddad and Ben Piven
While 14 nations host nuclear weapons, 30 countries generate atomic energy, and another 18 are building future reactors.
World powers have met in the Iraqi...