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C Raja Mohan writes: The West's civil wars

September 18, 2025 5:56 am

In Europe and US, resentment against liberal policies of outsourcing manufacturing jobs abroad, while insourcing labour, has stoked the populist anti-immigration agenda

A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it

June 16, 2025 1:45 pm

This year will be the first Juneteenth under President Donald Trump's second administration, which has banned diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, or DEI, in the federal government.

Myanmar's civil war drives up drug production

June 06, 2024 4:55 pm

According to a report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Myanmar's opium fields grew by 18%, to a total of 47,100 hectares (181 square miles) in 2023.

Australians stranded in New Caledonia 'running out of food' amid civil unrest

May 18, 2024 6:32 pm

They are among 3,200 people who are stuck waiting to leave or enter the French-ruled territory as commercial flights have been cancelled due to the unrest that broke out this week, the local government said.

Sudan's top general says military committed to civilian rule

April 21, 2023 10:41 pm

The violence so far has killed 413 people and wounded 3,551, according to the latest toll from the World Health Organisation.

Taliban, opposition fight for Afghan holdout province, top US general warns of civil war

September 05, 2021 7:36 am

The Taliban, which swept through the country ahead of the final withdrawal of U.S.-led forces this week, were unable to control the valley when they ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.

UN envoy warns of possible civil war in Myanmar, seeks talks

May 25, 2021 9:23 am

The U.N. envoy also cited reports of unconfirmed deaths, injuries, and damage to houses and civilian property in the town of Mindat in western Chin state, where the junta declared martial law because of armed resistance to military rule.

Macron reveals more torture by French army in Algeria war

March 03, 2021 8:23 pm

It was a further step in Macron's efforts to reconcile France with its colonial past while offering an outstretched hand to Algeria, which France occupied for 132 years.

Bombs, blood and power cuts: Libya’s slide into Civil War

September 11, 2019 7:07 pm

Libya is enduring its worst violence since the 2011 NATO-backed ouster of Moammar Qaddafi, which ushered in years of instability that allowed Islamist radicals to thrive and turned the country into a hub for migrants destined to Europe.

Spanish archaeologists dig up more dead bodies from civil war mass graves

August 30, 2017 5:18 pm

Historians estimate as many as 5,00,000 combatants and civilians were killed in the civil war. After it ended, tens of thousands of dictator Francisco Franco's enemies were killed or imprisoned in a campaign to wipe out dissent.

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Living on the edge in conflict-hit Central African Republic

January 28, 2014 4:24 pm

A new interim civilian government has pledged to halt the violence and attempt to organise elections in Central African Republic before February 2015.