Despite reductions in the overall number of conflict-related incidents in South Sudan, a rise in abductions and sexual violence is concerning, the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, UNMISS, said on Friday.
UN agencies are supporting efforts on Friday to get energy services up and running in Ukraine, and keep families warm amid freezing winter temperatures, following a large-scale overnight attack.
Venezuela after Maduro: Transaction or Transition? emactaggart Fri, 01/09/2026 – 11:58 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Gender & Conflict Future of Conflict Global Issues Visual Explainers My Reading List A man walks past a mural depicting the Venezuelan national flag and […]
Trump and the Dangers of Spheres of Influence eschelhaas Fri, 01/09/2026 – 13:06 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Gender & Conflict Future of Conflict Global Issues Visual Explainers My Reading List Op-Ed / United States 09 January 2026 1 minute Trump […]
Aid agencies marked 1,000 days of war in Sudan on Friday with a grim reminder that the conflict has created the world’s biggest hunger crisis and largest displacement emergency. Every day, civilians have been “paying the price for a war they did not choose”, said UN aid coordination office, OCHA.
Washington 8 January 2026 gnada Fri, 01/09/2026 – 03:53 Washington Fri, 01/09/2026 – 12:00 8 January 2026 President Trump said: “I have let them [Iran] know that if they start killing people, which they tend to do during their riots… we’re going to hit them very hard…. they’re going to have to pay hell”. In […]
Lebanon 8 January 2026 #1 gnada Fri, 01/09/2026 – 03:48 Lebanon Fri, 01/09/2026 – 12:00 8 January 2026 The Lebanese military announced that “its plan to confine weapons [held by Hizbollah and other groups] has reached an advanced stage after achieving the objectives of the first phase in an effective and tangible manner on the […]
Israel 8 January 2026 #2 gnada Fri, 01/09/2026 – 03:50 Israel Fri, 01/09/2026 – 12:00 8 January 2026 Israel’s military said that it killed a Hizbollah drone operator in southern Lebanon who it said had been “involved in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, force activation, and attempts to gather intelligence on IDF troops in the area”.
Lebanon 8 January 2026 #2 gnada Fri, 01/09/2026 – 03:51 Lebanon Fri, 01/09/2026 – 12:00 8 January 2026 Israel’s military said that it killed a Hizbollah drone operator in southern Lebanon who it said had been “involved in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, force activation, and attempts to gather intelligence on IDF troops in the area”.
Tehran 8 January 2026 gnada Fri, 01/09/2026 – 03:52 Tehran Fri, 01/09/2026 – 12:00 8 January 2026 Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi contended that the U.S. and Israel had “tested their attack on Iran [in June 2025] and this attack and strategy faced extreme failure… If they repeat it, they will face the same results”. He […]
