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African Union Summit Opens, Overshadowed By DR Congo Conflict

The escalating conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening Saturday, with the DRC president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a second major city on his territory.

International Business Times · Feb 15, 2025

UN Vehicle Torched, Commander Wounded As Hezbollah Supporters Protest

A UN peacekeeping force vehicle in Lebanon was torched Friday as supporters of militant group Hezbollah blocked the road to Beirut airport in protest, with UNIFIL reporting one commander wounded in the incident.

International Business Times · Feb 14, 2025

Argentine Court Issues Warrants For Myanmar Officials Accused Of Rohingya 'Genocide'

An Argentine court has issued arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar's military junta and former officials including Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi over alleged "genocide and crimes against humanity" targeting the Rohingya minority group.

International Business Times · Feb 14, 2025

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls for united US-Europe support against Russia

Ukraine’s president meets leaders at Munich Security Conference amid a push to end Russia-Ukraine war.

Al Jazeera · Feb 14, 2025

A drone strike at Chernobyl has raised Ukraine's nuclear ghosts. What are the dangers?

Ukraine’s nuclear ghosts have been stirred up again after a drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of the plant at Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025

Sam Nujoma obituary

Namibia’s first president and ‘founding father’ who led the fight for independence from the apartheid regime in South Africa

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025

Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have seized a second airport in east Congo

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long advance towards the Kavumu airport

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025

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Vance uses speech before security conference to deride Europe for squelching free speech

Vice President JD Vance used his speech before the Munich Security Conference to deride Europe for squelching free speech

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025

Europe quietly works on a plan to send troops to Ukraine for post-war security

Increasingly alarmed that U.S. security priorities lie elsewhere, a group of European countries has been working on a plan to send troops to Ukraine to help enforce any future peace settlement with Russia

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025

‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zimbabwe

Facilities have been forced to close as halt in funding impacts country’s donor-dependent health sector

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025

Children in Southern Africa ‘on brink of disaster’ after worst drought in 100 years

A charity leader is sounding the alarm with an estimated 21 million children suffering from malnutrition

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025

Revealed: ‘extremely concerning’ industry influence over UN aviation body

Exclusive: Firms outnumber green groups at environmental talks, with related events sponsored by fossil fuel companies

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025

Scores of children raped by armed men in eastern DRC, UNICEF says

UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.

Al Jazeera · Feb 14, 2025

Hamas Expected To Name Israeli Hostages It Will Free This Weekend

Hamas was expected Friday to name three hostages it will release this weekend as part of a planned exchange for Palestinian prisoners, local media said, after days of uncertainty in which Israel threatened to scrap a nearly month-old Gaza ceasefire deal.

International Business Times · Feb 14, 2025

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The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025

US deports 119 migrants from a variety of nations to Panama

Panama's president has said his country has received the first U.S. flight carrying deportees from other nations as the Trump administration takes Panama up on its offer to act as a stopover for expelled migrants

The Conversation · Feb 13, 2025

What was the Sykes-Picot agreement, and why does it still affect the Middle East today?

Some national borders are determined by natural phenomena like seas, mountains and rivers. Most, however, are created by people.

The Conversation · Feb 13, 2025

Like dictators before him, Trump threatens international peace and security

At first, Canadians just shook their collective heads when United States President Donald Trump suggested Canada become the 51st American state.

International Business Times · Feb 13, 2025

Lebanon Says Refuses Israeli Demand To Stay In Five Southern Locations

Lebanon's parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday that Beirut rejected Israel's demand to remain in five southern locations after a February 18 deadline for fully implementing a ceasefire deal.

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The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025

Armed men have raped dozens of children in eastern Congo, UNICEF says

An aid agency is receiving ‘horrific reports’ of violence against children

The Conversation · Feb 13, 2025

Syria’s mass graves: Accounting for the dead and disappeared is crucial for the nation to heal

Shortly after the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria in December 2024, reports emerged of mass graves being uncovered in liberated areas.

Al Jazeera · Feb 13, 2025

As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025

UN says Sheikh Hasina’s crackdown on protesters may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’

UN human rights body report says grounds to believe Awami League government carried out extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and torture

Latin Times · Feb 13, 2025

Hamas Says Committed To Truce As Mediators Push For Israeli Hostage Release

Palestinian sources reported progress in efforts to salvage the ceasefire which was plunged into uncertainty after Hamas warned it would not release hostages on Saturday, citing Israeli violations.

International Business Times · Feb 13, 2025

Pesticides Causing Widespread Harm To Animals And Plants: Study

Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing behavioural changes in animals not meant to be targeted, according to a large-scale study published on Thursday.

International Business Times · Feb 13, 2025

'I Carry My Cross': Sub-Saharan Migrants Despair In Tunisia

Jonas spent more than a year trying to reach Tunisia after escaping ethnic violence in his native Nigeria, but rising anti-migrant sentiment and a government crackdown in the North African country have left him without help.

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