The Gaza health ministry says at least 8,796 Palestinians in Gaza, including 3,648 children, have been killed by Israeli strikes since Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostage, according to NPR. The Hamas-run government also said at least 195 Palestinians died in
Indonesia has recently been accused of arms-dealing to Myanmar, formerly Burma, through middlemen, which, if true, would go against a 2019-treaty to abstain from selling weapons to the coup-controlled country. Indonesia is among the few nations to have taken a principled stance on the current coup crisis. In a complaint
By Elizabeth Sykes Jameel al-Karoubi and his donkey once sold vegetables, but now they walk the neighborhood giving water to their local community. “I made a deal with my buddy Almond, that if he keeps waking up early every day and helps me fill the water tank and
A military court in late September sentenced a Congolese colonel to death and also convicted three soldiers for their involvement in the deaths of more than 50 people protesting a U.N. peacekeeping mission in August (AP). The seven military members were charged on September 5th, 2023, for their part
In a harrowing testament to the escalating violence in central and southwestern Mexico, a single day witnessed a spate of brutal attacks leaving at least 22 people dead, according to Al Jazeera. The victims included approximately a dozen police officers, marking one of the deadliest days in recent memory for
In a significant escalation of conflict in Somalia, heavy casualties were reported following two ambushes by al-Shabaab militants on Ethiopian peacekeepers, reported AA News. The first attack occurred as the peacekeepers, part of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), were en route to Wajid district in the Bakool
The al-Qaeda group al-Shabaab ambushed two military convoys of Ethiopian troops in the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) organization last week, killing an unknown number of troops, according to VOA News. ATMIS is authorized by the African Union and mandated by the United Nations Security Council. Ethiopian soldiers
The Dominican Republic has taken to closing its borders of land, sea and air with its neighbor Haiti and its refugees as the country is in the midst of a grave humanitarian crisis, blaming an issue with a Haitian canal’s construction. On Friday, the Dominican Republic closed all borders with
An unknown individual attacked the Cuban Embassy in Washington, DC, on September 24 with two Molotov cocktails, said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on social media. No one was injured, according to Al Jazeera. The attack occurred hours after Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel returned from United Nations meetings in
A United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Congo have come under even more increasing scrutiny after the Congolese military opened fire on a protest over the U.N.’s lack of concrete protection for Congolese people against military violence. Six soldiers including two commanders were charged on September 5th, 2023, for their part
By Elizabeth Sykes Police have added to their targeting of eight Hong Kong activists located abroad, including former lawmakers Nathan Law, Ted Hui and Dennis Kwok by adopting scare tactics from issuing arrest warrants for them and offering 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($127,000 USD) for information leading to
By Elizabeth Sykes An Israeli woman was shot and killed and a man seriously injured in a drive-by shooting on the main north-south road in the West Bank last Monday, recently after two other Israelis were shot and killed the previous Saturday. According to The Associated Press, the woman killed
By Elizabeth Sykes In a statement televised on August 13, a Niger military spokesperson announced charges against deposed Niger President Mohamed Bazoum of “high treason and undermining the internal and external security” of Niger, over his exchanges with international organizations, says Reuters. The United Nations and Economic Community of West
By Elizabeth Sykes The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported nearly 300 kidnappings of women and children in Haiti in the first half of 2023, close to last year’s total, reports Al Jazeera. “The stories we are hearing from UNICEF colleagues and partners on the ground are shocking and
By Elizabeth Sykes The Russian Defense Ministry warned Wednesday, July 19 that any ships traveling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports would be considered carriers of military cargoes as of 00:00 Moscow time on July 20, 2023, said CGTN. That Wednesday evening, attacks on Ukrainian ports destroyed vast amounts of agricultural
