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Questions grow over the future of 2,000 Syrian Democratic Forces troops in Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s toppling and US President Trump taking office. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) says it has not been informed of plans reportedly being drawn up by the US military to withdraw its troops from Syria. SDF spokesman Farhad Shami…
A major trade war between the United States and Canada has been averted after US President Donald Trump agreed to hold off on imposing a 25 percent tariff for 30 days. But anger has erupted in Canada, with people calling for a boycott of US products, and some even calling to stop the export of…
The cost of some essential food items has more than doubled in Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that was captured by M23 rebels last week, according to locals and an NGO. As a result of the soaring costs and worsening displacement crisis, basic nutrition is out of reach…
The M23 armed group said it will pause its advance across DR Congo for humanitarian reasons. Rwanda-backed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced that they will pause their advance across the east of the country for humanitarian reasons. The AFC/M23 rebel coalition announced late on Monday that it would implement…
On a road west of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mary Ashuza and her children walked, carrying their last remaining belongings with them. Ashuza, a farmer and mother of five in her 40s, fled to North Kivu from her home in neighbouring South Kivu province in mid-January, after…
At least 773 people have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) largest city of Goma and its vicinity in a week, amid fighting with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who captured the city in a serious escalation of a decade-long conflict, authorities said. “These figures remain provisional because the rebels asked the population…
Fighters reportedly fire at a vehicle carrying Frontier Corps paramilitaries trying to dismantle a roadblock. At least 18 paramilitary soldiers and 24 armed attackers have been killed in two related incidents in southwestern Pakistan, according to officials and local media reports, as sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence escalates in the region. Pakistan’s military on Saturday…
Myanmar’s 2024 census was almost certainly the most contentious – and deadly – ever conducted. Enumerators and their heavily armed guards from Myanmar’s military were subject to repeated attacks from opposition groups, as they stumbled through a failed attempt to document the country’s population between October and December last year. One incident in early October…
Mae Sot, Thailand – Within an old wooden house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot, wounded revolutionary fighters lie side by side. Many are amputees missing legs, hands, and arms. Some have serious head wounds, and others have suffered debilitating spinal injuries. Some are blind, and others are unable to walk. These young…
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have tightened their grip on Goma, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), signalling a major blow to the Congolese army and a serious escalation in a years-long conflict that has seen hundreds of people killed and millions displaced. March 23 Movement (M23) fighters entered Goma on…
