Middle East

Revealed: genetic process which could be treatment target for deadly fungal disease Candida auris

Scientists have discovered a genetic process which could unlock new ways to treat mysterious and deadly fungal infection which has...

Ambitious international programme will equip leaders for rapidly evolving higher education landscape

A new ambitious international programme will give university leaders the knowledge and skills needed in a rapidly evolving higher education...

Myths about rapid spread of the Black Death influenced by single “literary tale”, experts show

Myths about how the Black Death travelled quickly across Asia, ravaging Silk Route communities, date back to a single fourteenth-century...

Moving exhibition shows encroachment of smartphone addiction into rural Iran 

A moving new exhibition shows the encroachment of smartphone addiction into rural Iran, and the surreal impact of the internet...

Taliban “maintaining a balancing act” in relationships with other local jihadi groups, study shows

Taliban leaders have chosen to maintain a delicate balancing act in their relationships with other local violent jihadi groups since...

Lebanon crisis driving parents to seek unregulated “shadow” education, study shows

Political and social crisis in Lebanon has forced parents to seek unregulated “shadow” education for their children, a new study...

Tsinghua University confers rare honorary professorship on Exeter Dean

One of the world’s foremost experts on Middle Eastern politics has been awarded a rare visiting professorship by Tsinghua University....