Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.

September 1914. As the First World War unfolded, a little-known but pivotal encounter transpired in the Indian Ocean—The Battle of Zanzibar. Here, the German Kaiserliche Marine clashed with the ...

Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif on Sunday threatened India by saying that if there is another escalation, the nation “will be buried under the debris of its planes”. Asif reiterated ...

Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday gave a stern warning to Pakistan, saying, the neighbouring country must stop supporting terrorism if it wants to “retain its place on the world map.” Chief ...

A new map detailing the precise locations of farms has sparked an uproar. Source: Farm Transparency Project A controversial new world map has been released by an Australian team to reveal the ...

Kamala Harris faced protests regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict during her book tour launch in New York, criticising Donald Trump for allegedly giving Israel a “blank cheque.” She expressed empathy ...

DOHA: Qatar National Library (QNL) organised and hosted a workshop at its premises celebrating Qatar’s successful contribution to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions ...

IN SOME PARTS of the West, children of healthy weight have become the exception. In poor countries, childhood obesity is spreading faster than ever before. The problem is not new: the percentage of ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

African nations are demanding that the 'distorted' world map be redrawn to show the true scale of the continent that they argue has been misrepresented for centuries. The African Union (AU) has backed ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...