Myanmar's Education System Under Attack Amid Civil War Civil war in Myanmar leads to attacks on schools, disrupting education for millions. Urgent intervention needed to safeguard youth's well-being. Top News · Jul 20, 2024
Myanmar's civil war has seen a devastating increase in attacks on schools, researchers say A group that monitors armed conflict in Myanmar says an intensification of fighting in the Southeast Asian nation's civil war has resulted in a sharp increase in destructive attacks on schools The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2024
Venezuela's Maduro warns there will be a 'bloodbath' and a 'civil war' if his party doesn't win the elections The government has escalated its rhetoric and repression as the elections get closer Latin Times · Jul 18, 2024
‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial… The Conversation · Jul 14, 2024
Trump assassination attempt makes election win more likely, and Americans' willingness to use political violence may be highest since Civil War, Ian Bremmer says "This is the worst sort of event that can happen in that environment, and I deeply worry that this presages much more political violence and social instability to come." Fortune · Jul 14, 2024
Cultural treasure or painful reminder? Libya’s colonial architecture Residents of Tripoli and Benghazi are divided about what should be done with their Italian colonial heritage. Al Jazeera · Jul 13, 2024
Millions of lives upended as Sudan’s civil war leads to displacement crisis Country has largest internally displaced population on record, with 7 million uprooted since fighting began in April 2023 The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024
Signed Biographies Of Wild West Legend Buffalo Bill Up For Auction They are expected to sell for as much as $2,566. Zenger · Jul 8, 2024
How to watch episode 4 of 'House of the Dragon' season 2 online and from anywhere — date, time Here's how to watch 'House of the Dragon' season 2 episode 4 online no matter where in the world you are — titled "A Dance of Dragons", expect the Westeros civil war to intensify. Tom’s Guide · Jul 7, 2024
Sudan’s army chief says many countries ‘turn a blind eye’ to RSF crimes General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan tells Al Jazeera many countries remain silent over alleged crimes in Sudan’s civil war. Al Jazeera · Jul 5, 2024
Tory civil war skirmishes break out as leadership contenders square up after election drubbing Suella Braverman urges shift to Right but defeated Grant Shapps warns party is paying the price for ‘soap opera’ Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024
Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar's civil war New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024
President Biden Awards Medal Of Honor To Civil War Soldiers President Biden awards Medal of Honor to Civil War soldiers Shadrach and Wilson, emphasizing the importance of history preservation. Top News · Jul 3, 2024
Independence Day: 10 movies and series about USA history to binge this 4th of July break Ten movies and series about USA history to binge this 4th of July break Latin Times · Jul 3, 2024
The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2024 Biden to bestow Medal of Honor on two Civil War heroes who helped hijack a train in confederacy President Joe Biden is awarding the Medal of Honor for “conspicuous gallantry” to a pair of Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and drove it north for 87 miles as they destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines
The Conversation · Jul 2, 2024 The Road to the Country: novelist Chigozie Obioma on Nigeria’s brutal civil war, love and redemption Chigozie Obioma is the Nigerian author of the novels The Fishermen (2015) and An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), both shortlisted for the Booker Prize for their unique, folkloric tales of Nigerian life in decades past. Like them, his 2024 novel The Road to the Country is “tinged with fable and…
Al Jazeera · Jul 2, 2024 Ravaged by civil war, how a national park was restored in Mozambique Gorongosa National Park was decimated after the war that ended in 1992. But it is a successful conservation story today.
The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2024 R. Sampanthan, the face of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority and its struggle post-civil war, dies at 91 Rajavarothiyam Sampanthan, a senior ethnic Tamil leader and lawmaker, who became the face of the minority community’s campaign for autonomy in Sri Lanka since the end of a brutal quarter-century civil war, has died
The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024 Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 review – Kevin Costner’s very, very long cowboy epic is no Yellowstone The actor and filmmaker self-financed this elaborate American civil war franchise, with part two of a proposed four or five films due in cinemas within weeks. But at 181 dull minutes, it feels like a journey to nowhere
France 24 · Jun 26, 2024 French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad The Paris appeals court on Wednesday ruled that an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued by France for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war is valid and remains in place, lawyers said.
The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024 Macron warns of ‘civil war’ in France if far right or far left win election Marine Le Pen’s National Rally are polling at around 34 per cent, compared with 22 per cent for Mr Macron’s party
The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024 Emmanuel Macron: win for far left or far right ‘will spark civil war’ French president’s comments made on podcast as RN releases manifesto pledging to ‘limit immigration’
The Conversation · Jun 21, 2024 Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 Brotherless Night is an unforgettable coming-of-age novel, an awakening from tribal loyalties into new-found identity and agency. It is set in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, during the civil war between Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese ethnic majority and the country’s Tamil minority. Between 1983 and 2009, this bitter conflict resulted in the deaths…
International Business Times · Jun 20, 2024 Swedish Court Acquits Former Syrian General Of War Crimes Charges A Stockholm court on Thursday acquitted a Syrian former general of war crimes charges, saying prosecutors had not proved his involvement in the attacks carried out during the country's civil war.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024 Peruvian soldiers found guilty of rapes committed during civil war in historic verdict ‘Landmark’ case is first to deal with use of sexual violence in state’s conflict with Shining Path rebels four decades ago