At least 80 children dead as missile hits school in Iran
By Deepa Parent and Tess McClure The building appears to be among many devastated in Trump’s ‘major combat operations’ as long expected attacks arrive An image taken from Iranian state television broadcast on 28 February showing what it says is the site of US and Israeli strikes that hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab, southern Iran. Photograph: Alex Mita/IRIB TV/AFP/Getty Images Iran’s parents had just dropped their children off for class on Saturday morning when they
The Guardian
Feb 28
The growing threat of conflict in the Horn of Africa
Tigray’s elite has become deeply split, with every policy issue – from IDP returns to demobilisation – framed through the lens of factional allegiance. 23 February 2026 Daniel Berhane Journalist and author A tank destroyed in fighting between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigrayan Defence Forces in Kasagita, Afar region, 2022. Tiksa Negeri/Reuters ADDIS ABABA Clashes last month in two Tigrayan districts between the federal army and Tigrayan forces could be the first steps to
The New Humanitarian
Feb 27
Kabul Bombed: Why are Afghanistan and Pakistan fighting?
By Elizabeth Melimopoulos and Sarah Shamim Pakistani defence minister says Pakistan is waging ‘open war’ against Afghanistan. Taliban security personnel keep watch near the Durand Line in Gurbuz district of Khost province on February 27, 2026 following overnight cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan. [AFP] Pakistan has launched air strikes on Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, and other cities, as clashes escalate along the two countries’ shared border. On Frida
Al Jazeera
Feb 27
“You Have Killed Americans,” “Black People Aren’t Apes”
By Democracy Now Image Credit: Reuters (L) Democrats Protest Trump’s State of the Union President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered the longest State of the Union address in modern history, speaking for nearly two hours as he claimed the United States is entering a “golden age” under his leadership. Trump spent much of his speech touting his economic policies and his administration’s immigration crackdown. We play excerpts from Trump’s address as well as responses to it from
Democracy Now
Feb 25
FR. Quatre ans de guerre en Ukraine : des mythes de masse à la violence de masse. Entretien avec Katerina Sviderska
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 Quatre ans après le début de l’invasion russe à grande échelle de l’Ukraine, quelle est la réalité des Ukrainiens qui ont décidé de rester ? Les crimes de masse perpétrés par la Russie à l’encontre de la population civile ukrainienne sont-ils constitutifs d’un génocide ? Comment les autorités russes justifient-elles ces actes de violence ? Pour répondre à ces questions, le podcast « Conversations on Genocide » a l’honneur de recevoir Katerina Svider
Genocide Watch
Feb 24
Chaos and violence in Mexico following the death of El Mencho
Chaos and violence in Mexico following the death of El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel February 23, 2026 By Agencia EFE Members of the National Guard guard the area where the body of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias ‘El Mencho’, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) killed in Mexico City (Mexico), was transferred. Photo: EFE/Mario Guzmán Mexico City (EFE). - Mexico is facing an escalation of violence, with fires and roadblocks in at lea
Genocide Watch
Feb 24
'It's Not A War Crime If It Was Fun.' : Russian General
Radio Free Europe February 20th, 2026 Major General Roman Demurchiev has served as commander of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, fighting in Ukraine. On October 18, 2022, roughly eight months after Russia launched its all-out war on Ukraine, a high-ranking Russian officer texted several messages to his wife and several acquaintances back home in Russia. The officer, then-Colonel Roman Demurchiev, commander of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, bragged about how his so
Genocide Watch
Feb 23
Pakistan claims 70 Taliban killed along Afghan border
Afghan officials deny claims, as they accuse Pakistan of targeting civilians and violating its sovereignty in Sunday’s border air raids.
Al Jazeera
Feb 22
Preparation in India: the Seventh Stage of Genocide
In part seven of our Ten Stages of Genocide in India Series , we explain how the seventh process/stage of genocide, Preparation, is occurring in India. RSS exercising with their trademark sticks. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/Reuters Preparation is the stage when group leaders plan massacres and genocide. The Nazi Holocaust followed meticulous planning. Ambiguous language is usually used to mask the genocidal nature of these plans. Genocidal plans are often referred to by euphemi
Genocide Watch
Feb 22
Poland pulls out of treaty banning antipersonnel mines
Poland needed to defend itself against Russia, a country which “has very aggressive intentions vis-à-vis its neighbors,” the country's deputy defense minister said. An unmanned mine-scattering vehicle is pictured during an open test of unmanned weapon systems conducted by the Polish Armaments Group on Thursday. Wojtek Radwanski / AFP via Getty Images Poland will use antipersonnel as well as anti-tank land mines to defend its eastern border against the growing threat from Rus
AP News
Feb 21
Israeli strikes kill at least 10 in Lebanon
Israeli air strikes have killed at least 10 people in eastern Lebanon, Lebanese officials say, despite a ceasefire. 21 February, BBC, Hugo Bachega Israel's military said it had targeted sites belonging to Hezbollah, a Shia Muslim militia and political party, in the Bekaa Valley, an area where the group has a strong presence. Hezbollah confirmed that at least eight of its members had been killed, including a senior field commander. The strikes were among the deadliest in Leban
BBC News
Feb 20
Somalis Rally Against Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland
Africanews December 31, 2025 Hundreds of Somalis protest Israel's recognition of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation, the first by any country in more than 30 years, in Mogadishu Tens of thousands of Somalis took to the streets across the country on Tuesday to protest Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, a self-declared breakaway region that Somalia considers part of its sovereign territory. Large crowds gathered in the capital Mogadishu at the na
Africanews
Feb 19
