Remembering El Fasher
By Mohamed Zakaria October 26, 2026 The city I knew and the atrocities that changed it. We must preserve the record of what happened without letting it define the city I love. This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. To many people, the Sudanese city of El Fasher – where I was born, raised, and spent my professional working life – is now a place synonymous with hunger and death. For 500 devastating days beginning in May 2024 it was besieged by the Rapid Su
The New Humanitarian
Oct 26
India-China border face-offs test Modi six years after deadly clash
By Yashraj Sharma October 27, 2026 Despite diplomatic thaw between New Delhi and Beijing, clashes along undemarcated border pose challenge to Modi’s strongman image. New Delhi, India – India’s armed forces are locked in multiple ongoing face-offs with the Chinese army along the border in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, the chief of India’s paramilitary border force guarding the Himalayan frontier with China has said. The remarks late last week by Shatrujeet Kapur
Al Jazeera
Oct 26
Argentina Designates Criminal Groups As Terrorist Organizations
By Almudena Calatrava October 23, 2026 President Donald Trump, center left, shakes hands with Javier Milei, President of Argentina, during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci,File) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina has designated five Latin American criminal and guerrilla groups, including Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, as terrorist organizations, aligning itself with the security polici
AP News
Oct 26
Iranian Athletes Face Execution as Mountaineer Hanged
By Ed Aarons October 27, 2026 Two sportspeople have been executed in the past month and at least six more face the same fate, says activist group Mountaineer Ali-Sina Mostafavi was executed earlier this month for taking part in protests against the Iranian government. Photograph: Ali-Sina Mostafavi/Iran Human Rights Fears are growing for more Iranian athletes facing execution after mountain climber Ali-Sina Mostafavi became the latest in a string to be killed by the regime. M
The Guardian
Oct 26
Flashy AI campaign ads use religion to stir emotions and attack candidates
By Fiona André October 22, 2026 In some key races, AI has been used in campaign ads to depict candidates’ religious views and convey religious messaging, ranging from highly realistic to provocative and eccentric. Examples of content in AI-generated campaign ads. (Screen grabs) (RNS) — In a recent campaign ad for Ken Paxton, the Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Texas, his Democratic opponent James Talarico appears to sit at a desk while he scribbles on
Religion News Service
Oct 26
New UN initiative will aim to tackle the military uses of AI
By Edith M. Lederer October 20, 2026 The United Nations is launching a new initiative on the military uses of artificial intelligence, aimed at addressing some dire concerns about the threat the rapidly developing technology could pose to humanity. Credit: Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine/US Army National Guard The United Nations is launching a new initiative on the military uses of artificial intelligence, aimed at addressing some dire concerns about the threat the rapidly develop
ABC News
Oct 26
Doctors fight anti-trans measure requiring genital exams for student athletes
By Claire Wang October 21, 2026 A Washington referendum has drawn broad opposition from adults who work with queer and trans teens. Credit: Jose Luis Raota/Getty Images For Kelsey Gellner, a Seattle-based pediatric nurse, a statewide proposal to bar trans girls from sports participation feels like a violation of her duty as a medical professional. The ballot initiative includes a requirement she calls “invasive and extreme”: all students who wish to compete on girls’ teams wo
The Guardian
Oct 26
Togo Country Report - April 2026
Togo has faced political crisis since its controversial 2024 constitutional reform, which the opposition widely views as President Faure Gnassingbé’s attempt to extend his 20-year rule. In May 2025, Gnassingbé assumed the post of President of the Council of Ministers without a popular vote.
Genocide Watch
Oct 26
Sudan's Shift to Drone Warfare Is Fuelling a Civilian Crisis
By AI Jazeera Staff October 22, 2026 As Sudan’s warring factions escalate deadly unmanned aerial strikes, hundreds of civilians are caught in the crossfire. Credit: Handout/Radio Tamazuj via Reuters In the Imtidad Nasser neighbourhood east of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, residents are grappling with a terrifying new reality of skies filled with drones. “We heard the buzz of drones in the sky, but did not pay attention to it at first,” Ahmed Abdel Hamid, a resident of the area, t
Al Jazeera
Oct 26
Hong Kong Rejects UK Report on National Security Laws
By Hong Kong Free Press October 23, 2026 A cityview of Hong Kong. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Hong Kong authorities have slammed the UK for making “untruthful remarks, slanders and smears” about the city’s affairs in its latest six-monthly report that described the “expanding scope and application” of national security laws in the financial hub. The Hong Kong government said on Friday that it “strongly condemns and firmly rejects” the UK’s report on the city, a former British colon
Hong Kong Free Press
Oct 26
Indonesia passes agrarian reform law amid concerns over land protections
By Hans Nicholas Jong September 28, 2026 Credit: Afriadi Hikmal / Greenpeace Indonesia’s long-debated Agrarian Reform Regulation Law was approved on Sept. 22. The legislation establishes a framework for resolving agrarian land disputes, restoring land rights and redistributing land, but details of how the law will operate remain unclear. JAKARTA — Indonesia’s parliament has passed a law intended to resolve long-running land conflicts and curb land concentration, but civil soc
Mongabay
Oct 25
Rwanda: French ‘Secret Agent’ At Heart Of Tutsi Genocide
By Mathieu Olivier October 22, 2026 After leaving the French gendarmerie for the private sector, Paul Barril, who died on Tuesday, became a notorious figure in Africa, particularly because of his ties to the Rwandan regime responsible for the 1994 genocide. Former gendarmerie captain Paul Barril. (File photo: 22 August 1994) © REUTERS Some placed him among the Affreux, the European mercenaries, mainly French, Belgian and Italian, who operated across Africa from the early 196
The Africa Report
Oct 25
