Abdulla bin Mohd Al-Sowaidi

Staff Brigadier Abdulla bin Mohd Al-Sowaidi is the General Director for Qatar Civil Defence

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A new wave of unrest in France

November 2026: France’s student protests expose a deepening education crisis, raising concerns about education standards and declining public trust, writes Robi Morder

A rare cat, a wild win

November 2026: Conservation takes time, but the Andean cat sighting in Argentina offers a sign of what sustained habitat protection can support, says Bryna Donnelly

What the world can learn from Indonesia’s fires

November 2026: Israr Albar examines what decades of fire crises have taught Indonesia about managing risk and building resilience

Why is Europe looking north?

October 2026: The Arctic has become a geopolitical frontier, and EU leaders are scrambling to ensure they were not left behind, writes Klaus Dodds

Keeping drones in the air

October 2026: Drones can reach difficult areas, provide a view of an incident, and help teams understand where their attention is needed, but what it can do once airborne depends heavily on the energy it carries, says Kevin Brundish

When the rain returns, why doesn’t groundwater?

October 2026: A global study led by hydrologist Sandra Hauswirth found that groundwater that fails to recover after drought can put water supplies and food production at risk