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Mali Tuareg rebels claim military base following clashes on Sunday
Mali’s northern Tuareg rebels said on Sunday that they had seized another military base from the Malian army following fighting in the north of the country. The military base is the fourth taken in a series of attacks the rebel alliance, called the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), has carried out since August following the…
Read MoreTurkey strikes Kurdish rebels after Ankara blast
Turkey says it has carried out a number of air strikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, hours after a suicide blast hit the interior ministry. The government said 20 targets were destroyed and many militants from the banned PKK rebel group “neutralised”. The PKK said Sunday morning’s bombing in the capital, Ankara, was carried…
Read MoreSuicide blast in southwest Pakistan kills at least 52 people
A suicide bombing in Pakistan killed at least 52 people and injured more than 50 on Friday at a religious gathering to mark the birthday of Prophet Mohammed in a restive province bordering Afghanistan, health officials and police said. No group has claimed responsibility for the blasts which come amid a surge in attacks by…
Read MoreDeaths in shooting at Rotterdam university hospital, home -police
Several people were killed on Thursday by a gunman who opened fire in a classroom at a university in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam and nearby house, police said. A 32-year-old suspect was arrested after police said on social media that shots had been fired at the Rotterdam Medical Centre and a home. They…
Read MoreArmenians ‘lose motherland’ in blow to Russia’s influence abroad
Last week, Vardan Tadevosyan was still the health minister of a small if unrecognised republic in the south Caucasus mountains, managing dozens of government employees and running one of the busiest medical facilities in the region. But in a span of 24 hours, the government of Nagorno-Karabakh ceased to exist. Soon, Tadevosyan’s staff began to…
Read MoreWhy India’s warnings about Sikh separatism don’t get much traction in the West
The current India-Canada crisis has exposed a sharp disconnect between India and the West on the issue of Sikh separatism. Ever since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged possible Indian involvement in the June assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia, New Delhi has doubled down on a long-standing grievance:…
Read MoreA QAnon ‘queen’ and the Canada town that wants her gone
She claims to be the Queen of Canada, and now she’s holding court in an abandoned school. Romana Didulo, a QAnon-inspired conspiracy theorist, leads a group of supporters who have spent the last few years traveling around Canada in motorhomes and other vehicles. Recently, the group moved into Richmound, a village of around 150 people…
Read MoreGang violence in Haiti escalating and spreading, UN says
Gang violence in Haiti is escalating and spreading from the capital Port-au-Prince through the center of the country to its two other major cities, Gonaives and Cap-Hatien, with a significant increase in killings, kidnappings and rapes in the past few months, the U.N. chief said in a report circulated Wednesday. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in…
Read MoreGeneration Jihad Ep. 100 — Squad Pops Off on Mali
Where in the world might the next state collapse into failure? Hosts Bill and Caleb ultimately narrowed it down to two options: Somalia or Mali. Shabaab in Somalia has aptly been dubbed “The Taliban of Africa,” given how well-organized, well-armed and effective it is there as a jihadist group. But Mali is actually the weaker…
Read MoreNEWS‘It’s such a common thing now’: School shootings reached record levels in 2022
When a student opened fire at her Detroit high school in November 2021, killing four students and injuring seven others, Rebekah Schuler let go of the idea of ever feeling truly safe in school again. “We’re being forced to normalize learning amid a constant fear of guns ringing inside or outside of our classrooms,” said…
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