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Mexico Has The Highest Rate of Violence Against Public Officials In The World: Report

ACLED's 2024 Conflict Index identified Mexico as the most dangerous and violent country in the world without an ongoing conventional war

Latin Times · Jun 23, 2025

Drip-fed aid, a starving population and the most air strikes since October 7: Gaza’s growing crisis in numbers

IN FOCUS: Israel’s Operation Gideon’s Chariots has seen an escalation in attacks in Gaza. Alicja Hagopian reports

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2025

Mapping Israel’s expanding air attacks across Syria

Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes in Syria since December 2024, averaging one every three to four days.

Al Jazeera · Jun 4, 2025

Israel ‘just wanted to destroy’ in southern Lebanon, despite the ceasefire

In Naqoura, returning townspeople are saddened and perplexed by the ferocity of seemingly pointless destruction.

Al Jazeera · Feb 18, 2025

Here’s how Israel is repeatedly violating the Lebanon ceasefire

A November 27 ceasefire was supposed to end violent attacks, but Israel has continued sporadic strikes on Lebanon.

Al Jazeera · Feb 9, 2025

US staggers into 2025 buffeted by week of attacks and looming political violence

Just eight weeks ago, the country had heaved a sigh of relied after the presidential election went peaceably

The Guardian - US · Jan 4, 2025

Repression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the world

Climate and environmental protest is being criminalised and repressed around the world. The criminalisation of such protest has received a lot of attention in certain countries, including the UK and Australia. But there have not been any attempts to capture the global trend – until now.

The Conversation · Dec 23, 2024

Visualising the war in Sudan: Conflict, control and displacement

The world’s worst internal displacement crisis, with at least 14 million people uprooted from their homes, is in Sudan.

Al Jazeera · Nov 14, 2024

Sudan’s civil war has left at least 62,000 dead by our estimate − but the true figure could be far higher

The ongoing war in Sudan has often been overlooked amid higher-profile conflicts raging across multiple continents. Yet the lack of media and geopolitical attention to this 18-month-long conflict has not made its devastation in terms of human lives any less stark.

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2024

Nearly 200 people dead: What’s behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso?

With half the country not under government control, al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM is increasingly targeting civilians.

Al Jazeera · Aug 26, 2024