Armed conflict

Armed conflicts persist across Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Myanmar, and expanding fronts in the Sahel, DRC, Syria, and Yemen. Heavy fighting, mass displacement, and humanitarian crises continue as insurgencies and state wars intensify across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Rwanda accuses Burundi as M23 advances on Uvira and dual diplomacy collapses

Kagame alleges 20,000 Burundian troops in eastern Congo, while rebels seize last government hub and displace over 200,000 civilians

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 12 Dec 2025

Rwanda accuses Burundi as M23 advances on Uvira and dual diplomacy collapses

Grozny, 1994: The winter siege that forged Russia's modern war machine

How the disastrous First Chechen War became the laboratory for Putin's rise, urban siege doctrine, and a generation of conflicts from Syria to Ukraine

By Elena Kowalski

/ 11 Dec 2025

Grozny, 1994: The winter siege that forged Russia's modern war machine

Turkey reinforces northern Syria footprint as integration talks stall

New convoys toward SDF frontlines signal leverage play, not imminent offensive, as Ankara shapes post-Assad transition

By Layla Hassan

/ 11 Dec 2025

Turkey reinforces northern Syria footprint as integration talks stall

Border fighting displaces 500,000 as Thailand and Cambodia trade civilian-harm claims

Competing narratives over hospitals, temples and schools complicate ceasefire diplomacy while Thai curfews, evacuee camps and Trump's promised phone calls underline the humanitarian cost

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 11 Dec 2025

Border fighting displaces 500,000 as Thailand and Cambodia trade civilian-harm claims

Myanmar hospital airstrike kills 33 in latest assault on protected medical sites

Junta's election-season air campaign escalates with deadly strike on Rakhine facility treating patients under international protection

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 11 Dec 2025

Myanmar hospital airstrike kills 33 in latest assault on protected medical sites

After the ceremony, the guns: M23 presses into Uvira as Washington accord wobbles

A rebel push toward South Kivu's military hub exposes the gap between diplomatic frameworks and battlefield facts—and risks spilling fighting into Burundi

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 10 Dec 2025

After the ceremony, the guns: M23 presses into Uvira as Washington accord wobbles

Thai airstrikes hit Cambodia as border clashes escalate

Bangkok cites self-defense after soldier killed; Phnom Penh denies firing first and urges restraint as thousands evacuate frontier towns.

By Alex Thompson

/ 8 Dec 2025

Thai airstrikes hit Cambodia as border clashes escalate

Trump hosts DRC-Rwanda peace signing as eastern Congo fighting continues

Bilateral accord reaffirms ceasefire and mineral cooperation, but M23 rebels absent and clashes persist in North and South Kivu

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 5 Dec 2025

Trump hosts DRC-Rwanda peace signing as eastern Congo fighting continues

Umerov questioned as witness in $100m Energoatom probe—the real test is Ukraine's institutions

Ukraine's top security official testified in the country's largest wartime corruption case, putting Kyiv's anti-graft framework under scrutiny as peace talks loom.

By Elena Kowalski

/ 26 Nov 2025

Umerov questioned as witness in $100m Energoatom probe—the real test is Ukraine's institutions

Israeli forces entrench in Tubas as West Bank campaign shifts to sustained control

Helicopter-backed operation marks latest evolution in months-long northern West Bank offensive, with troops commandeering homes and establishing multi-day positions across Palestinian city

By Layla Hassan

/ 26 Nov 2025

Israeli forces entrench in Tubas as West Bank campaign shifts to sustained control

Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing nine children in Khost airstrikes

Afghan authorities allege civilian deaths following Peshawar attack, testing fragile Qatar-brokered ceasefire and exposing sanctuary dispute economics

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 25 Nov 2025

Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing nine children in Khost airstrikes

Sudan's army chief rejects US truce plan as 'worst yet' amid El Fasher atrocity reports

As the UN declares El Fasher a 'crime scene,' Burhan accuses Quad mediators of bias, leaving civilians trapped between war crimes and diplomatic deadlock.

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 24 Nov 2025

Sudan's army chief rejects US truce plan as 'worst yet' amid El Fasher atrocity reports