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
Parliament Bans Reporters, Intelligence Officers Raid Media HQ Highlighting Somalia's Shrinking Space For Independent Journalism
Horn Observer February 2, 2026 By: Horn Observer Staff Reporter Somali journalists covering. Photo Horn Observer Archive Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) - Journalists in Somalia are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs of political and security authorities, as Parliament imposed punitive action to ban journalists who recently reported the chaos of the parliament, while members of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) raided a local radio station
Horn Observer
Feb 19
