Wales international in stunning press conference address as he calls for end to 'civil war' Ospreys lock Bradley Davies has opened up about the worries players are harbouring in Welsh rugby right now Wales Online · Feb 15, 2023
Former reporter pens bio about the incredible life of Black Civil War veteran in new book, 'The Sergeant' Shortly after 9/11, a group of Palestinian students had some questions for an American reporter about the lives and history of Muslims in America that sent him on a decadeslong journey, researching and writing about Muslims who had been in the United States since a few years after the Mayflower… Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023
Syrian tribes get quake aid across frontline to northwest An aid convoy has reached earthquake-hit northwestern Syria from the eastern Deir al-Zor province, an example of assistance making it across a frontline of the country's 11-year-long civil war since the disaster struck more than a week ago. Reuters · Feb 15, 2023
Israel enters a dangerous period – public protests swell over Netanyahu's plan to limit the power of the Israeli Supreme Court Proposals by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government to radically diminish the power and independence of Israel’s judiciary sparked demonstrations across the country starting in January 2023. An estimated 200,000 Israelis took part in protests on Feb. 11 and another 100,000 in front of the Parliament on Feb. 13, the… The Conversation · Feb 14, 2023
Quake-stricken refugees in Turkey lament delay in aid deliveries to Syria Syrian refugees have been among those hardest hit by the devastating February 6 earthquakes. Among those sheltering in Kilis, a southeastern Turkish city a few kilometres from the border, the trauma of the quakes come on top of the ravages of the Syrian civil war and the hardships of exile.… France 24 · Feb 14, 2023
First Saudi aid plane lands in Syria’s govt-held areas - state media A Saudi aid plane landed at a Syrian airport held by the government of President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday in the first such shipment from the kingdom that has backed the armed opposition to Assad during the country's 11-year civil war. Reuters · Feb 14, 2023
For Syrian women, quake adds disaster on top of war's pain Syrian women have shouldered the responsibility of keeping families together during a dozen years of civil war — and now, in the devastating aftermath of an earthquake The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023
Man 'ran for the hills' after finding live civil war shell that could have killed dozens An archaeologist was horrified to find a live artillery round buried under dirt at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania as the military were called to detonate the device Daily Mirror · Feb 13, 2023
'We need everything': Aid workers call for urgent help for Syrian quake victims Syria's opposition-controlled enclave of Idlib, on the border with Turkey, is reeling from Monday's deadly earthquakes. The region has already been devastated by years of civil war, and aid agencies now say the need for international assistance is urgent. Radio France Internationale · Feb 11, 2023
Enmities from Syrian civil war obstruct a quake aid convoy An aid convoy from Syria's Kurdish-led region to earthquake-hit areas of the northwest was turned back on Thursday, failing to reach those in need in the latest example of how relief efforts are being complicated by civil war enmities. Reuters · Feb 10, 2023
Earthquake stuns Syria's Aleppo even after war's horrors For years, the people of Aleppo bore the brunt of bombardment and fighting when their city, once Syria’s largest and most cosmopolitan, was among the civil war’s fiercest battle zones The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023
Libyan military committee agrees coordination on foreign forces departure Libya's 5+5 military committee of officers from both main sides of the civil war has agreed on a coordination mechanism for the withdrawal of foreign forces in liaison with neighbouring Sudan and Niger, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Reuters · Feb 8, 2023
WHO Says Syria, Already in Crisis, Needs Massive Humanitarian Aid after Quake Senior officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that Syria's humanitarian needs where the highest after a major earthquake killed thousands there and in southern Türkiye. Adelheid Marschang, WHO Senior Emergency Officer, said Türkiye had a strong capacity to respond to the crisis but that the main… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 7, 2023
Northern Syria has endured years of war. Now, an earthquake has added to the despair Since the civil war began in 2011, Syria's northern region has been beset by crisis after crisis. Monday's devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake was "the last thing people need," one aid worker said. WEKU · Feb 6, 2023
Daily Mirror · Feb 6, 2023 LIV Golf vs DP World Tour hearing set for pivotal impact in the sport's civil war LIV Golf rebels are set to discover whether they will be able to play in DP World Tour events without sanctions being imposed on them after a crucial hearing this week
The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023 LIV Golf players vs DP World Tour set for London hearing Golf’s civil war will go from the course to an arbitration panel in London
WEKU · Feb 5, 2023 The Pope has called for peace in South Sudan in the final part of his Africa tour Pope Francis celebrated Mass before tens of thousands of people, to close out an unusual mission by Christian religious leaders to nudge forward the South Sudan's recovery from civil war.
Reason · Feb 4, 2023 The Continuing Relevance of Frederick Douglass Douglass is best-known for his role in the abolitionist movement that helped end slavery. But much of his thought is also relevant to contemporary issues.
Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 3, 2023 Paco Rabanne, ‘space-age’ fashion designer dies at 88 Born Francisco Rabaneda y Cuervo in 1934, the future designer fled the Spanish Basque country at age 5 during the Spanish Civil War and took the name of Paco Rabanne.
Radio France Internationale · Feb 3, 2023 After DRC, Pope Francis takes peace mission to South Sudan Pope Francis on Friday arrived in South Sudan – a country hit by civil war and extreme poverty – for a three-day visit to spread the message of peace and reconciliation.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 3, 2023 Spy balloons: what are they and why are they still being used? The idea emerged during the French revolutionary wars, so what is their appeal now, in the age of the satellite?
Bangkok Post · Feb 2, 2023 Myanmar's military takeover falters Global news headlines this month will be focused on the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which falls on Feb 24. This external aggression, where a bigger state unilaterally takes territory from a smaller neighbour by force, can be juxtaposed to an internal subjugation in Myanmar, where a military…
The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023 Military places restive areas of Myanmar under martial law Martial law has been declared in several areas of military-run Myanmar, a day after authorities announced that a state of emergency has been extended throughout the country, which is wracked by violence that some U.N. experts have described as a civil war
The Conversation · Feb 1, 2023 A Black history primer on African Americans' fight for equality – 5 essential reads As the father of Black history, Carter G. Woodson had a simple goal – to legitimize the study of African American history and culture.
The Conversation · Jan 31, 2023 Myanmar: two years after the military seized power the country is mired in a bloody civil war – but there are grounds for optimism Two years on from the latest military coup that deposed Myanmar’s democratically elected government, what began as a wave of national protest against the army’s power grab has descended into outright civil war.