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When 19-year-old Stephane Kulimushi looks around the basketball court in Kampala where he trains young…
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When 19-year-old Stephane Kulimushi looks around the basketball court in Kampala where he trains young refugees, he sees more than players.
Governments at the annual oceans summit reaffirmed commitments to protect key marine ecosystems including the high seas and coral reefs, but observers said funding barriers and polluting projects are hampering progress on putting them into practice. At the Our Ocean Conference in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa this week, some 3,000 delegates – including government officials, scientists, business […]
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Eva Maria Michelmann vanished in Syria in January as government forces advanced on Kurdish fighters in the northeast. The German government last week said it was working to get her home.
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When 19-year-old Stephane Kulimushi looks around the basketball court in Kampala where he trains young refugees, he sees more than players.
Governments at the annual oceans summit reaffirmed commitments to protect key marine ecosystems including the high seas and coral reefs, but observers said funding barriers and polluting projects are hampering…
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Eva Maria Michelmann vanished in Syria in January as government forces advanced on Kurdish fighters in the northeast. The German government last week said it was working to get her…
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has claimed that the US-Iran peace deal is a "great victory." The group, which is opposed to Israel, has certainly been bolstered by the deal. But what…
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Opposition leader Domingos Simoes Pereira remains under house arrest months after the Guinea-Bissau coup, deepening a political crisis and raising tensions with international partners.
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Tehran 28 January 2026
Tehran 28 January 2026 gnada Wed, 01/28/2026 – 23:51 Tehran Wed, 01/28/2026 – 12:00 28 January 2026 President Trump warned that “a massive armada is heading to Iran… it is ready, willing and able to rapidly fulfil its mission, with speed and violence, if necessary”. He added: “Hopefully Iran will quickly “come to the table” […]
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Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors debate as Middle East crises mount
The UN Security Council is holding a high-level open debate on the Middle East which is expected to focus on the Gaza peace plan – including the role of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace – the continuing humanitarian crisis in the enclave and turmoil in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, following the demolition […]
Amid Ukraine’s Battlefield Struggles, Zelenskyy’s Domestic Legacy is a Work in Progress
Amid Ukraine’s Battlefield Struggles, Zelenskyy’s Domestic Legacy is a Work in Progress glenssen Wed, 01/28/2026 – 12:14 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 President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during […]
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Washington 26 January 2026
Washington 26 January 2026 gnada Wed, 01/28/2026 – 03:44 Washington Wed, 01/28/2026 – 12:00 26 January 2026 U.S. Central Command announced that the Ninth Air Force would conduct “multi-day readiness exercise to demonstrate the ability to deploy, disperse and sustain combat airpower across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility”.
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Washington 26 January 2026 #1
Washington 26 January 2026 #1 gnada Wed, 01/28/2026 – 03:42 Washington Wed, 01/28/2026 – 12:00 26 January 2026 President Trump warned: “We have a big armada next to Iran. Bigger than Venezuela”. But he also said: “They want to make a deal. I know so. They called on numerous occasions. They want to talk”. Relatedly, […]
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Tehran 27 January 2026
Tehran 27 January 2026 gnada Wed, 01/28/2026 – 03:41 Tehran Wed, 01/28/2026 – 12:00 27 January 2026 According to an Iranian readout of his conversation with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that “regional instability benefits no one and warned against psychological and political operations aimed at disrupting regional security”. He also “reaffirmed […]
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Lebanon 27 January 2026
Lebanon 27 January 2026 gnada Wed, 01/28/2026 – 03:40 Lebanon Wed, 01/28/2026 – 12:00 27 January 2026 Israel’s military targeted an unspecified number of Hizbollah operatives “while they were operating at an underground site” in southern Lebanon.
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Israel 27 January 2026
Israel 27 January 2026 gnada Wed, 01/28/2026 – 03:39 Israel Wed, 01/28/2026 – 12:00 27 January 2026 Israel’s military targeted an unspecified number of Hizbollah operatives “while they were operating at an underground site” in southern Lebanon.
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Washington 27 January 2026
Washington 27 January 2026 gnada Wed, 01/28/2026 – 03:36 Washington Wed, 01/28/2026 – 12:00 27 January 2026 President Trump asserted if Nouri al-Maliki was elected as Iraq’s prime minister, the U.S. “would no longer help Iraq and, if we are not there to help, Iraq has zero chance of success, prosperity or freedom”.
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Iraq/Washington 27 January 2026
Iraq/Washington 27 January 2026 gnada Wed, 01/28/2026 – 03:31 Iraq Wed, 01/28/2026 – 12:00 27 January 2026 President Trump asserted if Nouri al-Maliki was elected as Iraq’s prime minister, the U.S. “would no longer help Iraq and, if we are not there to help, Iraq has zero chance of success, prosperity or freedom”.