From the civil war to now, poverty endures Letter: Samantha Brennan responds to an article by playwright Beth Steel and voices concern over the Dickensian conditions in her home town The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2025
Nepalis Assess Damage After Terror Of Deadly Protests Retired Nepali civil servant Dhruba Shrestha has lived through decades of turmoil, from civil war to political upheaval, but the 76-year-old says nothing compared to the violence that engulfed the Himalayan nation this week. International Business Times · Sep 12, 2025
Right-wing influencers call for 'civil war' after killing of Charlie Kirk RIGHT-WING influencers have called for a civil war in the United States after the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk. The National (Scotland) · Sep 11, 2025
Little Jaffna review – undercover cop thriller goes deep into French-Tamil gangland Lawrence Valin directs and stars in this Paris-set drama, where a young man caught between cultures infiltrates criminals shaped by Sri Lanka’s civil war The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025
Voices: As Angela Rayner falls on her sword, Keir Starmer will also take a hit COMMENT: The prime minister is not just losing someone he has learned to value, says John Rentoul – his holier-than-thou pitch has been destroyed and the deputy leadership election will tip Labour into a civil war The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025
Worst drought in decades threatens Syria's fragile recovery from years of civil war Experts say rainfall has been declining for decades in Syria, where a fledgling government is trying to stitch the country back together following 14 years of civil war. Euronews · Sep 5, 2025
The worst drought in decades is threatening Syria's fragile recovery from years of civil war The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are in the grips of one of their worst droughts in decades, which is drying rivers and lakes, shriveling crops and even leading to water cutoffs in major cities The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
Fifth Circuit Rules Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act is Illegal The 2-1 ruling is in line with most previous court decisions on Trump's invocation of the AEA. Judge Oldham wrote an extremely long, but significantly flawed, dissent. Reason · Sep 4, 2025
China’s WWII anniversary parade rekindles cross-strait battle over war narrative − and fears in Taiwan of future conflict World War II casts a very long shadow in East Asia. Eighty years after ending with Japan’s surrender to Allied forces on Sept. 2, 1945, the conflict continues to stir debate over the past, in the context of today’s geopolitical tensions. The Conversation · Sep 2, 2025
War in Sudan: Humanitarian, fighting, control developments, August 2025 Sudan’s civil war saw a number of developments on the battlefield as well as in diplomacy and the humanitarian crisis. Al Jazeera · Aug 31, 2025
Alarm as US far-right extremists eye drones for use in domestic attacks Experts say extremists openly talking of how home-built drones will be critical tool in so-called second civil war The Guardian - US · Aug 30, 2025
Main highway from Damascus to Sweida reopens to aid convoys weeks after Syria violence An aid convoy has entered the city of Sweida in southern Syria via the main highway from Damascus for the first since a major outbreak of sectarian violence last month that shook the country’s fragile recovery from nearly 14 years of civil war The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025
Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges: "I Created the Sinaloa Cartel" His arrest in July 2024 caused a brutal civil war in the Sinaloa Cartel between those loyal to Zambada and those loyal to El Chapo's sons. Latin Times · Aug 25, 2025
‘I flew from Burundi to Birmingham aged 10 – then got put into care until I had a DNA test…’ Saido Berahino opens up on his journey from war-torn Burundi to the Premier League The former West Brom forward was born in civil war-hit Burundi before moving to the UK FourFourTwo · Aug 25, 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025 Villagers offer harrowing accounts of one of the deadliest attacks in Sudan's civil war When rebels stormed into a village last month in Sudan, they gunned down civilians in their homes or as they tried to flee
International Business Times · Aug 18, 2025 Myanmar Junta Sets December 28 Poll Date Despite Raging Civil War Myanmar's junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a charade.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2025 South Sudan’s youth swept up in gang culture and street violence amid wider conflict Government crackdown after rape video goes viral shines light on plight of young people caught up in fallout from gang warfare and civil war
Euronews · Aug 14, 2025 Turkey to provide weapons and support to Syria under new defence pact, officials say Syria's interim government has faced mounting challenges in restoring order after nearly 14 years of civil war following the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad by Islamist-led rebel forces in December.
The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025 UN rejects plans by Sudan's paramilitary group for a rival government amid civil war The U.N. Security Council has rejected plans by Sudan’s paramilitary group to establish a rival government in areas it controls
Euronews · Aug 13, 2025 Israel and Kurdish fighters should stop destabilising Syria, Turkish FM Hakan Fidan says Since Islamist-led insurgents ousted former President Bashar al-Assad in a rebel offensive in December, the interim government in Damascus has struggled to maintain stability and heal the wounds of the nearly 14-year civil war.
The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025 The murder capital of the US and a former mayor on crack: DC’s history of crime problems The president’s depiction of Washington, D.C. as a violent, crime-ridden cesspit is nothing new
Newslaundry · Aug 12, 2025 India is historical, Bharat is mythical: Aatish Taseer My parents met in Delhi in 1980. My father had just written a biography of his political idol, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; my mother was sent to interview him. That night they went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant called the House of Ming. Then they disappeared together for a week.…
The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025 Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak review – a champion of eccentric hobbies and people power Victoria Melody’s passion for other people’s passions is in full bloom in a show that finds delight and inspiration in English civil war reenactments
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2025 Rightwingers warn of another blaze of summer riots in Britain – but they’re the ones striking the match Grim predictions of ‘societal collapse’ and ‘civil war’ will hit home so long as Labour fails to address the country’s problems, says Guardian columnist John Harris
The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025 Hegseth announces return of Confederate statue that whitewashes slavery to Arlington Cemetery: ‘We honor it’ ‘It never should have been taken down by woke lemmings. Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history,’ Defense Secretary says