Lebanon marks 20th anniversary of Rafik Hariri's assassination amid political shifts
Thousands of supporters gathered in downtown Beirut Friday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of former Lebanese Prime ...
Can Europe defend itself from Russia?
Donald Trump’s new defence secretary ripped up decades of foreign policy when he told European allies they must now look ...
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As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?
Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.
Which countries are in Nato and what happens if they’re attacked?
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth says European security no longer a priority for the US as it faces threats to homeland ...
'Structural poverty' maps could steer help to world's neediest
Leveraging national surveys, big-data advances and machine learning, Cornell researchers have piloted a new approach to ...
Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict
Maps are ubiquitous—on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and ...
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UNHCR’s Grandi calls for global action to support Syrians returning home
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...
US has frozen funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti, UN says
The U.S. has notified the United Nations that it is freezing funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting ...
WHO chief asks countries to push Washington to reconsider its withdrawal
The World Health Organization chief is asking global leaders to lean on Washington to reverse President Donald Trump’s ...
Syria’s new Islamist president consolidates power
Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham who this week appointed himself president of a transitional government, has packed the new administration with loyalists and has ordered ...
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Honolulu Council opposes landfills over Oahu’s aquifer
A Honolulu City Council resolution to uphold a more than 20-year-old city policy over solid- waste landfills and their ...
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Trump administration in talks to send Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador prisons
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Trump administration said Friday it was in talks with El Salvador to revive an agreement that could allow the United States ... aim to send members of the ...