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CAIRO: Fighters from the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ran riot in east-central Sudan in a multi-day attack that killed more than 120 people in one town, a doctors group and the United Nations said. It was the group’s latest attack against the Sudanese military after suffering a series of setbacks, losing ground to the […]
(ANALYSIS) On Oct. 14, a trial of a Dutch member of Daesh, also known as the Islamic State group, began in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch national, known as Hasna A., is being tried for crimes against Yazidi women. As commented by Yazda, a Yazidi-led nongovernmental organization, the trial represents a pivotal moment in the […]
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at deadly Israeli operations in Lebanon, efforts to counter terror threats in Turkey and Sri Lanka, and a G-7 loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets. Preventing a Protracted War An Israeli strike killed three Lebanese soldiers on Thursday while they were reportedly trying to evacuate wounded […]
Streeting revives claims that some patients facing avoidable ‘death sentence’ due to current NHS failings Wes Streeting, the health secretary, has revived claims that some patients are receiving a “death sentence” because of the problems with the NHS. Speaking at a health centre in east London, where he was launching the consultation on the future […]
(ANALYSIS) In the company of endless superhero comics and Japanese pirate manga lives a delightfully sizable population of religious graphic novels. This is fitting, as perhaps the oldest comics are religious. For, regardless of intention, what do ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics read like if not the comic strip our modern age believes itself to have invented? […]
(ANALYSIS) One year ago, on the last day of the celebratory Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles), the unthinkable happened, and a living hell was unleashed on the people of Israel. That was Oct. 7, 2023, a day that will live in infamy in the decades to come, a day that has still not ended for the […]
The image was meant to send a stark message: criticise Hun Sen and you will be punished, even if you’re not in Cambodia. Nuon Toeun appears front and centre in the photograph released by Cambodia authorities, handcuffed and flanked by armed guards outside a Phnom Penh prison. Her crime? Making a social media post critical […]
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israeli operations in Lebanon, a lack of resources for the Kenyan-led security mission in Haiti, and a deadly attack on miners in Pakistan. World Brief will be off on Monday, Oct. 11, for the U.S. Indigenous Peoples’ Day holiday. Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re […]