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Sri Lankan protesters include Tamil victims in war memorial

Sri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered prayers Wednesday remembering thousands — including ethnic Tamil civilians — killed in the final stages of the country’s decadeslong civil war

The Independent UK

Rob Rinder: Dear GCS-Me, don’t worry about results, but lose the centre parting

It’s GCSE season again and faster than you can pop the lid off a highlighter, I feel like I should be checking who won the Civil War and reciting all the noble gases. So my old heart breaks for the teenagers currently trying to squish a million verb endings and…

Evening Standard

Factbox-What is the Lebanese Forces?

The Lebanese Forces (LF) party has said it is on course to emerge as the biggest bloc in Lebanon's parliament after an election on Sunday, a boost for the Saudi-aligned Christian group which is opposed to the Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim movement Hezbollah.

Reuters

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‘He’s coming home’: mass grave in Valencia gives up Franco’s victims

Families finally recover the remains of 21 of the 3,400 Republicans executed after the Spanish civil war

The Guardian - UK

New Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa reveals plans to use acting success to build school in Rwanda

Ncuti, 29, was born in Rwanda but when he was just two years old fled the east African country with his family to escape the brutal civil war.

Daily Record

7 misconceptions about the Civil War

No. 4. All amputations were done without anesthesia.

Salon

Scottish, UK, and London Labour fight civil war over drugs policy

LABOUR has erupted into a public civil war over drugs policy.

The National (Scotland)

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Factbox-Who is running in Lebanon's election?

Lebanon holds a parliamentary election on May 15, with candidates vying for 128 seats that are divided among 11 religious groups according to a sectarian power-sharing system.

Reuters

A sense of history and urgency as Somalia moves to elect a new president

Somali lawmakers vote for the country’s new president on May 15, marking the end of a long-delayed and controversial process. The Horn of Africa nation of 16 million has been struggling to achieve viable political stability after decades of civil war and violent insurgency that has spilled across its borders.…

The Conversation

Guatemala judge threatened after decision on civil war crime

A Guatemala judge who last week ordered nine former police and military officers to stand trial for alleged crimes during that country’s civil war, says that death threats against him had increased since announcing his decision

The Independent UK

Anbumani warns against giving asylum to Mahinda Rajapaksa

‘He is facing charges of committing genocide against Tamils in the civil war’

The Hindu

The second American civil war is already happening

America will still be America. But it is fast becoming two versions of itself. The open question is: how will the two be civil toward each other?

The Guardian - US

Israeli ‘Aggression’ Targeted Syria’s Quneitra, Says Syrian State Media

Syrian state news agency SANA reported early on Wednesday that an act of "Israeli aggression" was carried out with missiles over the vicinity of the Quneitra governate's countryside in southern Syria. The missile attack resulted in only physical damage, SANA added. The Israeli military declined to comment. For several years,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Family amazed by discovery of hidden war bunker under their home while digging garden

Christy Kallemeier-Keene said you 'can't make this stuff up' after stumbling upon a civil war bunker at her home in New Madrid, Missouri in the US

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Despite ‘Fatigue’, Donors Pledge Another $6.7 Billion for Syria, Neighbors

An international donor conference raised $6.7 billion for Syria and its neighbors on Tuesday despite what the European Union's foreign policy chief said was "a certain fatigue" with the war there, now its 12th year. The pledges, which were slightly higher than the United Nations' appeal for $6.1 billion, were…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: 9.3 Million Syrian Children in Need of Assistance

A total of 9.3 million Syrian children are in need of aid than at any time since the devastating civil war erupted in the country over a decade ago, the United Nations warned on Sunday. “Millions of children continue to live in fear, need and uncertainty inside Syria and the…

Reuters

'I want change': Lebanese abroad vote in May 15 election

Lebanese in more than 40 countries will start voting in a national election on Sunday, with many set to back political newcomers after the worst crisis since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war led to widespread poverty and prompted a wave of emigration.

The Conversation

What people from war-torn Tigray told us about the state of their lives amid the war

The Russia-Ukraine crisis has captured the world’s attention, and understandably so, but at the risk of eclipsing the visibility of massive humanitarian crises elsewhere. In particular, it has muted attention to Ethiopia’s ongoing civil war, which started in November 2020 and has caused enormous human suffering. Millions have been left…

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France 24

The painful legacy of Angola’s civil war

Twenty years ago, one of the longest, most brutal and deadliest wars of the last century ended in Angola. In 27 years, this conflict left nearly 1 million people dead and displaced 4 million. It has also left the country in ruins: In 2002, 60 percent of Angolans did not…

Benzinga

IMF Expresses Concern About Central African Republic's Adoption Of Bitcoin

According to the International Monetary Fund, the Central African Republic’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender poses several issues for the country and the region, reported Bloomberg. Related: A Second Country Adopts Bitcoin As Legal Tender The decision to adopt the cryptocurrency drew criticism from opposition parties and was made without consulting the…

The Conversation

Sri Lanka: protests spread as petrol prices rise by 90%

Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a profound economic crisis, sparking massive protests around the country. The protests are happening against a backdrop of painful and unresolved aspects of the island’s history, following a civil war that drove and deepened ethnic and religious divisions.

Tribune News Service

Rep. Madison Cawthorn goes to court to stop ballot challenge, citing a pro-Confederate law

RALEIGH, N.C. — The state of North Carolina should not be able to ban U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn from running for reelection, one of his lawyers argued in federal court Tuesday, citing the First Amendment as well as an 1872 law offering amnesty to Confederate rebels after the Civil War.

The Independent UK

Starmer warned expelling Nato-sceptic MPs could spark Labour civil war

The Labour leader hinted he could take action against MPs questioning the party’s ‘unshakeable support’ for the alliance.

The Hindu

From the Archives (May 3, 1922) | On the verge of Civil war

Another fervent effort is being made to stop the outbreak of civil war in Ireland. The trouble in th

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin leading Russia to civil war and total collapse, FSB agent claims

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is aware of the inevitability of civil war in Russia and is playing along the lines of a possible split, according to an insider

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