Five Salvadoran Soldiers Missing In Haiti After Ambush
New York Times By Frances Robles October 18, 2026 A U.N.-backed force sent to combat gang violence said it is looking for five soldiers, who were in a gang-controlled area when they were attacked. A Salvadoran member of the U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force during a patrol over Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Credit Michael Anthony Adams Five Salvadoran soldiers, members of a new U.N.-backed force sent to stop gang violence in Haiti were ambushed while out shopping near the capital on
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University March Against Milei Ends In Police Crackdown
By Javier Lorca October 16, 2026 Professors, students and university officials demonstrated across the country to demand that the far-right president comply with the law on funding public universities. Police use their weapons against students this Thursday. PEDRO LAZARO FERNANDEZ (REUTERS) Six congressional votes approved and subsequently reaffirmed the university funding law. Four court rulings ordered the government to comply with the legislation. Yet the government of Jav
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Why Is the US Reopening Talks With Myanmar’s Junta?
October 16, 2026 By Sana Khan Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup, presides at an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. © 2026 REUTERS/Stringer//File Photo The United States and Myanmar’s military-backed government have held a second round of talks in a month, signalling a potential shift in Washington’s approach to the Southeast Asian country following the 2021 military coup. The l
Modern Diplomacy
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Authorities arrest main suspect in Baniyas mass killings
By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Anadolu 15 October, 2026 Syrian officials apprehended Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, as he tried to cross the border, SANA reports. Several former officials from the regime of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been arrested since he was toppled in December 2024 [File: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP] Syrian authorities have arrested a suspect accused of involvement in the mass killing of civilians in the coastal city of Baniyas in 2013, acco
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Trump Administration’s Shift on Myanmar Is Disastrous
Washington’s sudden decision to open talks with Myanmar’s government grants further legitimacy to an authoritarian regime and is unlikely to deliver access to rare earths. By Joshua Kurlantzick October 8, 20 US congress appeals to its mission in UN to resist Myanmar junta representatives, while Trump administration holds talks with junta military rulers Last night, news broke that the U.S. government, which for years had shunned Myanmar’s brutal military regime, now appears t
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Iranian Intelligence Department Arrests 39 Protesters
By IranWire October 19, 2026 According to the Tasnim News Agency, citing the General Directorate of Intelligence of Qazvin Province, 39 citizens have been arrested in connection with the January 2026 protests. The identities of those detained, their current locations, and the status of their legal cases remain unknown. In a report that included no names or identifying details, the Qazvin Intelligence Department claimed that the detainees operated across eight separate groups
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West African Sea Arrivals Drop as Land Routes Turn Deadlier
By ReliefWeb 13 October 2026 Departures including from countries like Senegal have shifted to alternative routes © IOM/ Senegal Fewer people from West Africa are reaching Europe by sea, but the journey has not become safer. Arrivals from four major West African countries of origin fell by 59 per cent in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, according to new data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). However, the factors that drive mi
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Special Report: Discrimination Against Roma in the Yugoslavia Successor States
By Senan Monks October 19, 2026 UN Refugee Camp in Mitrovica, Northern Kosovo, where hundreds of Roma people were affected by lead poisoning. Image by European Roma Rights Centre Roma are an ethnic group believed to have first arrived in the lands of the former Yugoslavia in the late medieval period. Roma communities in the Yugoslavia successor states are not homogeneous and come from a variety of cultural, religious, and linguistic traditions. However, they all face comparab
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Recognition of survivors of sexual violence remains uneven
By Rebecca Hawkins and Velma Saric October 2, 2026 Petrified Survivors, a sculpture by artist Rebecca Hawkins. Photo credit: Robert Schlesinger. A permanent monument would give them all the recognition they deserve. In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), 12 days of activism for peace are celebrated every year, starting with the International Day of Peace on September 21, and ending with the International Day of Nonviolence on October 2. This time of year, we especially look back a
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Mali: Military Attacks On Civilians, Insurgent Abuses
Human Rights Watch October 19, 2026 Screenshot of a video posted online and analyzed by Human Rights Watch showing the destruction of a health center following an apparent Malian military drone strike in Talahandak village in the northern Kidal region, Mali, on July 29, 2026. © Private, Human Rights Watch. Malian armed forces and their allies have since July 2026 responded to mounting attacks by Islamist and separatist armed groups with abusive counterinsurgency operations
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Sudan's Army Claims Dozens of RSF Fighters Killed in Attack
By AI Jazeera Staff and AFP October 17, 2026 Rapid Support Forces accuse army of killing 30 civilians in attack on Nyala's busy livestock market. Credit: AP The Sudanese army says it has killed dozens of fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a series of air attacks on the southwestern city of Nyala, but the paramilitary group says the military has killed civilians. The targets of Friday’s attack were RSF positions and command centres in Nyala, the capital of South D
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US Law Enforcement Grapple with AI-enabled Terrorism
By Johana Bhuiyan and Nick Robins-Early October 14, 2026 From the FBI to local police departments, US authorities are increasinfly warning of would-be terrorists using chatbots to plan attacks and anti-AI extremist threats. Credit: The Guardian In May 2025, a 25-year-old man detonated a car bomb outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic, killing himself and injuring four others. For many, it was a wake-up call about the threats to reproductive care facilities. For the FBI, thou
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