In Sudan, 'Never Again' Has Proved Untrue: UNHCR Chief After the bloody civil war in Sudan's Darfur region 20 years ago, the world said "never again." International Business Times · Sep 22, 2025
Ethiopia’s two bids at democracy have failed: what it will take to succeed Ethiopia has attempted to transition to democracy twice. First in 1991, when a new government overthrew a dictatorial military regime. Second in 2018, when Abiy Ahmed took over as prime minister after protests against a repressive government. The Conversation · Sep 21, 2025
25 bodies recovered from a mass grave near Damascus, site believed to hold at least 175 Officials say the victims were killed by Assad's forces in an ambush while fleeing eastern Ghouta during the recent civil war. Euronews · Sep 20, 2025
Floods force 100,000 out of their homes – and the water in this African city is still rising WORLD OF TROUBLE: People fleeing the rising waters around Lake Tanganyika in Burundi are fighting for space and humanitarian care with refugees escaping civil war. Donald Trump’s slashing of international aid money has made a dangerous situation even more perilous. World affairs editor Sam Kiley investigates The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025
Comic Book Investing Guide: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 Comic books have always been a metaphor and narrative mirror of society and the current zeitgeist. To pretend otherwise is silly. If you pretend to hate politics in comic books, it’s only because the comic doesn’t mirror your own. There is a comic book called Captain Confederacy about a superhero… Personal Finance Advice · Sep 18, 2025
What Is The 'Scarred Back'? Trump Sparks Outrage By Ordering Slave Portrait Removed From National Gallery President Trump sparks outrage by ordering the removal of the iconic 1863 'Scourged Back' photograph showing the whip scars of an enslaved man from national parks under a controversial executive order. International Business Times UK · Sep 17, 2025
Refugee protection in Egypt: what’s behind the return train to Sudan A special train left the Egyptian capital of Cairo for Aswan, a town close to the border with southern neighbour Sudan, in July 2025. The train, publicised by the Egyptian government as shiny, air-conditioned and free of charge, runs a weekly service. It is transporting Sudanese refugees who are willing… The Conversation · Sep 16, 2025
British basketball civil war takes fresh twist as 18 former employees sue new league A group of 18 former employees of British Basketball League are taking legal action against the competition that replaced it The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025
Robinson and Farage’s ‘civil war’ narrative is warping voters’ minds. How is any government supposed to counter it? Whatever the reality of Britain today, our social media feeds are full of anger, violence and disorder – and that’s the reality politicians must confront, says Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2025
From the civil war to now, poverty endures Letter: Samantha Brennan responds to an article by playwright Beth Steel and voices concern over the Dickensian conditions in her home town The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2025
Nepalis Assess Damage After Terror Of Deadly Protests Retired Nepali civil servant Dhruba Shrestha has lived through decades of turmoil, from civil war to political upheaval, but the 76-year-old says nothing compared to the violence that engulfed the Himalayan nation this week. International Business Times · Sep 12, 2025
Right-wing influencers call for 'civil war' after killing of Charlie Kirk RIGHT-WING influencers have called for a civil war in the United States after the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk. The National (Scotland) · Sep 11, 2025
Little Jaffna review – undercover cop thriller goes deep into French-Tamil gangland Lawrence Valin directs and stars in this Paris-set drama, where a young man caught between cultures infiltrates criminals shaped by Sri Lanka’s civil war The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025
Voices: As Angela Rayner falls on her sword, Keir Starmer will also take a hit COMMENT: The prime minister is not just losing someone he has learned to value, says John Rentoul – his holier-than-thou pitch has been destroyed and the deputy leadership election will tip Labour into a civil war The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025
Euronews · Sep 5, 2025 Worst drought in decades threatens Syria's fragile recovery from years of civil war Experts say rainfall has been declining for decades in Syria, where a fledgling government is trying to stitch the country back together following 14 years of civil war.
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025 The worst drought in decades is threatening Syria's fragile recovery from years of civil war The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are in the grips of one of their worst droughts in decades, which is drying rivers and lakes, shriveling crops and even leading to water cutoffs in major cities
Reason · Sep 4, 2025 Fifth Circuit Rules Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act is Illegal The 2-1 ruling is in line with most previous court decisions on Trump's invocation of the AEA. Judge Oldham wrote an extremely long, but significantly flawed, dissent.
The Conversation · Sep 2, 2025 China’s WWII anniversary parade rekindles cross-strait battle over war narrative − and fears in Taiwan of future conflict World War II casts a very long shadow in East Asia. Eighty years after ending with Japan’s surrender to Allied forces on Sept. 2, 1945, the conflict continues to stir debate over the past, in the context of today’s geopolitical tensions.
Al Jazeera · Aug 31, 2025 War in Sudan: Humanitarian, fighting, control developments, August 2025 Sudan’s civil war saw a number of developments on the battlefield as well as in diplomacy and the humanitarian crisis.
The Guardian - US · Aug 30, 2025 Alarm as US far-right extremists eye drones for use in domestic attacks Experts say extremists openly talking of how home-built drones will be critical tool in so-called second civil war
The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025 Main highway from Damascus to Sweida reopens to aid convoys weeks after Syria violence An aid convoy has entered the city of Sweida in southern Syria via the main highway from Damascus for the first since a major outbreak of sectarian violence last month that shook the country’s fragile recovery from nearly 14 years of civil war
Latin Times · Aug 25, 2025 Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges: "I Created the Sinaloa Cartel" His arrest in July 2024 caused a brutal civil war in the Sinaloa Cartel between those loyal to Zambada and those loyal to El Chapo's sons.
FourFourTwo · Aug 25, 2025 ‘I flew from Burundi to Birmingham aged 10 – then got put into care until I had a DNA test…’ Saido Berahino opens up on his journey from war-torn Burundi to the Premier League The former West Brom forward was born in civil war-hit Burundi before moving to the UK
The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025 Villagers offer harrowing accounts of one of the deadliest attacks in Sudan's civil war When rebels stormed into a village last month in Sudan, they gunned down civilians in their homes or as they tried to flee
International Business Times · Aug 18, 2025 Myanmar Junta Sets December 28 Poll Date Despite Raging Civil War Myanmar's junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a charade.