Poll finds when was the greatest time to be American - Gen X and Elder Millennials rejoice! The worst time to be alive was during the Civil War or the Great Depression, according to the survey The Independent UK · May 9, 2025
Algeria issues two arrest warrants for Franco-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud The author is accused of having used the story of a survivor of a massacre during the Algerian civil war without her consent – an accusation he denies. Daoud’s publisher denounced the “violent defamatory campaigns orchestrated by certain media close to a regime whose whose nature is well known.” Euronews · May 8, 2025
El Mayo Zambada Side Loses Another Battle in the Sinaloa Cartel Civil War Against Los Chapitos with the Arrest of 'El Chuy' Jesús "Chuy" Guzmán Castro is alleged to be a key figure within the Sinaloa Cartel aligned with the faction loyal to Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. Latin Times · May 6, 2025
International Court of Justice throws out Sudan genocide case against UAE The top United Nations court on Monday threw out Sudan's case against the United Arab Emirates over alleged complicity in genocide during the brutal Sudanese civil war. Radio France Internationale · May 5, 2025
A civil war in Chile and a president's death by suicide inspired Isabel Allende's new novel A bloody civil war and the death by suicide of an ousted president served as inspiration for Isabel Allende’s most recent novel, “My Name is Emilia del Valle.” The Independent UK · May 5, 2025
In Cameroon’s civil war, spoken-word poets speak the unspeakable Spoken-word poets in Cameroon are using their art form to help communities cope with traumas left by the ongoing civil war The Independent UK · May 4, 2025
Civil War reenactors’ love triangle ends in revenge porn and $10.5 million federal lawsuit Exclusive: Reenactor Lisa Twark, a 54-year-old veterinarian, discovered her reenactor husband was having an affair with a fellow reenactor by installing spyware on his laptop, according to court papers The Independent UK · May 1, 2025
The chance discovery of a mass grave opens up old wounds in Greece As many as 400 Yedi Kule prisoners were executed The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025
France Tries Syrian Islamist Rebel Ex-spokesman On War Crime Charges A Syrian Islamist rebel ex-spokesman is to go on trial in France on Tuesday under the principle of universal jurisdiction, accused of complicity in war crimes during Syria's civil war. International Business Times · Apr 29, 2025
Mass graves of Black Union soldiers slaughtered by Confederate guerrillas possibly identified in Kentucky Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War. LiveScience · Apr 28, 2025
Could an earthquake shift the balance in Myanmar’s civil war? Aftershocks of Myanmar’s devastating earthquake add new dimension to country’s four-year-long civil war. Al Jazeera · Apr 19, 2025
4 movies and shows the What Hi-Fi? AV team has been using in the test rooms this April From dystopian hellscapes to vengeful exes, these are our top picks What Hi-Fi? · Apr 18, 2025
ICJ hears Sudan case accusing UAE of ‘complicity in genocide’ United Arab Emirates says Sudan ‘misusing’ world court in proceedings relating to African nation’s civil war The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2025
UN envoy urges Security Council to try to prevent renewed civil war in South Sudan The top United Nations official in South Sudan is urging the U.N. Security Council to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into civil war The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2025 Wednesday briefing: Two years into the brutal civil war in Sudan, a London summit makes little progress In today’s newsletter: Why a conference excluding Sudan’s warring parties broke up with disagreement about how to end the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
Euronews · Apr 15, 2025 Leaders meet in London to raise funds for Sudan on second anniversary of civil war On the second anniversary of the outbreak of Sudan’s civil war, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced €140 million in new aid during an international conference in London.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2025 UK conference on Sudan fails to set up contact group for ceasefire talks Major setback for diplomatic efforts to end two years of civil war as Arab states refuse to sign joint communique
The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025 Sudan faces deepening crisis as civil war hits two-year mark Atrocities are escalating and famine is widespread as the war reaches a critical juncture
The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2025 Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war NGOs and UN say country is ‘worse off than ever before’ with wide-scale displacement, hunger, famine and attacks on refugee camps
International Business Times · Apr 14, 2025 13 Million Displaced As Sudan War Enters Third Year: UN Sudan's civil war has displaced 13 million people, the United Nations reported Monday, as the conflict between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces enters a third year.
The Conversation · Apr 14, 2025 Cambodia’s haunted present: 50 years after Khmer Rouge’s rise, murderous legacy looms large On April 17, 1975, tanks rolled into the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, to cheering crowds who believed that the country’s long civil war might finally be over.
Radio France Internationale · Apr 13, 2025 Lebanon's civil war fighters working for reconciliation, 50 years on Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating conflict erupted: never again.
The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2025 50 years after Lebanon's civil war began, a bullet-riddled bus stands as a reminder What happened on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon
The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025 The UN decries ongoing combat in Myanmar as earthquake relief faces big challenges Human rights experts for the United Nations are expressing urgent concern about ongoing military operations in Myanmar’s civil war, despite ceasefires called by major parties to facilitate relief efforts after the country’s devastating March 28 earthquake
Al Jazeera · Apr 11, 2025 Myanmar’s military drafts thousands in first year of conscription drive Forced conscription has failed to change the course of Myanmar’s grinding civil war, and many are refusing to serve.