Conflict
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 07:16
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition struck a residential district of the Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight, killing eight to 10 civilians, residents said on Friday. The Saba state news agency, controlled by the Houthi movement in charge of Sanaa, put the death toll in the Sawan district at 20 and said more than 50 people had been wounded. It said casualties included woman and children.
Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 06:32
Arab air strikes and artillery fire rocked the southern Yemeni city of Aden overnight as combatants battled for control of the main airport in fighting described by residents as the worst in over a month of war.
Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 05:21
Here we are in 2015 with a Venezuelan governor saying there are as many as 4,000 FARC combatants in his state. On one hand, that is an incredibly large number, about half of what Colombia estimates are the active number of FARC combatants. The size of the claim is why some Colombian analysts are skeptical.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 07:11
The idea of a literal war on terrorism, as opposed to the figurative "wars" on corruption and drugs, is meant to generate a climate of fear and foster an unthinking and unquestioning patriotism. This provides not only the carpet under which the Kenyan government seeks to sweep its failure to fundamentally reform and fix the country's security system, but also the justification for a clampdown on dissent.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 07:10
An ethnic Uzbek militant group has posted a video showing its members fighting alongside Syrian Sunni Islamist factions in the northwestern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib Province.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 06:57
The upcoming talks in South Sudan are unlikely to result in a peace deal worth the paper its written on. Neither the government, nor the rebels want to compromise. Kiir has said previously that he will not enter into any kind of power sharing deal with Machar, and Machar’s faction won’t stop fighting without one.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 07:15
A U.N. inquiry has blamed Israeli security forces for seven deadly attacks on UN schools in Gaza that were used as shelters for safety during last year's offensive. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement on Monday that he deplored the attacks that killed at least 44 Palestinians and injured at least 227 others at the UN sites.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 07:12
The Central African Republic (CAR) is fast becoming the largest forgotten humanitarian crisis of our time with some 60% of its population in need of aid, including nearly 900,000 people forcibly displaced by conflict, but assistance programmes remain “dramatically underfunded,” according to the United Nations refugee agency.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 07:07
The humanitarian situation in Yemen has become catastrophic, relief officials said on Monday, as Saudi-led aircraft pounded Iran-allied Houthi militiamen and rebel army units for a second day, dashing hopes for a pause in fighting to let aid in.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 07:06
South Sudan tops the region with military spending as civil war has been raging on for the past 15 months, hurting other key sectors such as health, education and infrastructure, an independent report has revealed.