Germany closes its embassy in South Sudan as it teeters on the brink of civil war

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U.N. Helicopter Attacked as South Sudan Teeters on Brink

The aircraft came under fire as it tried to rescue wounded soldiers, the United Nations said. The attack came amid fears that a critical power-sharing deal was at risk of collapse, risking all-out ...
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Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy threatens a return to civil war ...
ABC News - Mar. 11
How South Sudan Returned to the Brink of War

An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace deal looks ever more fragile.
The New York Times - 5d
Senegal held by Sudan in World Cup qualifying

Sudan hold Senegal to a draw in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup and remain top of their group despite civil war continuing in the country.
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Israeli strikes kill hundreds in Gaza as ceasefire teeters on the brink

Israel's military launched the deadliest strikes on the Gaza strip since the agreement of its ceasefire with Hamas, killing hundreds of people.
NBC News - 5d
German embassy in Syria reopens after 13-year hiatus due to civil war

Yahoo News - 3d
Can technology help more survivors of sexual assault in South Sudan?

Sexual assault is a constant risk for many women in South Sudan
ABC News - Mar. 16
Sudan’s Army Retakes the Presidential Palace in Khartoum

Two years into a civil war, troops recaptured the palace in Khartoum, routing a paramilitary foe. Civilians have been trapped in the middle in a city with an apocalyptic air.
The New York Times - 1d
South Sudan denies Ugandan troops have deployed to its capital

Yahoo News - Mar. 12
Sudan bans all imports from Kenya after it hosted civil war rivals

Yahoo News - Mar. 14
Will recapture of presidential palace change course of Sudan war?

Sudan's army has retaken the presidential palace from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), but what's next after two years of war?
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U.S. orders non-emergency personnel to leave South Sudan amid violence

The travel advisory level for South Sudan remains at Level 4, which means Americans should not travel to the African country.
CBS News - Mar. 9
Climate Change Made South Sudan Heat Wave More Likely, Study Finds

Years of war and food insecurity in the region made the extreme heat especially dangerous.
The New York Times - Mar. 7
North Korea tests 'multiple' ballistic missiles as US-South Korea war games begin

"South Korean military has increased surveillance and maintaining readiness posture in close cooperation with the U.S.," South Korea's Joint Chiefs said on Monday.
ABC News - Mar. 10
Maxine Waters: Trump is ‘working towards a civil war’

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is accusing President Trump of seeking to start a civil war. The California Democrat, a long-time adversary of Trump, said the early flood of presidential policies — ...
The Hill - Mar. 14
South Sudan orders civilians to vacate a northern area as it battles an armed group

South Sudan’s government has asked civilians to leave a northern area a day after the army conducted an airstrike against an armed group accused of overrunning a military base and attacking a U
ABC News - 5d
New Strategy Game That Closely Resembles Advance Wars Is Releasing Soon

It might look like Advance Wars. It might even play similarly to Advance Wars. But Warside is its own game, and it's coming out in roughly a month on PC: April 14. Meanwhile, a console release ...
GameSpot - Mar. 12
Syrians mark anniversary of civil war by celebrating the ouster of Bashar Assad

Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country’s civil war began, the first without Bashar Assad in power
ABC News - Mar. 15
Mother of teenage bride in South Sudan comes out of hiding to be with pregnant daughter

Athiak Dau Riak was traditionally married for a record bride price last year, despite her mother’s insistence that she was only 14, which led to threats of reprisals. The mother of an alleged child ...
The Guardian - Mar. 11
Marking 14 years since start of Syrian civil war

It's been 14 years since the start of the Syrian civil war and fighting continues even after Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December. CBS News Middle East reporter Courtney Kealy has more.
CBS News - Mar. 14
'Civil war was awful - I was a kid but it became normal'

Michael King shares his story of selling water bottles as an eight-year-old in war-torn DR Congo to the boxing in the UK.
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Schumer at center of civil war after funding fiasco

Democrats on Capitol Hill are waging an internal war against one of their own after the GOP successfully muscled through the Senate a partisan spending bill that drew the votes of Minority Leader ...
The Hill - Mar. 15
Germany reopens Syrian embassy for first time since 2012

Yahoo News - 3d
Germany reopens embassy in Damascus after 13-year hiatus

Yahoo News - 3d
‘Closing the circles of pain’: Franco victims finally come home as 50th anniversary of dictator’s death looms

Bodies of 17 murdered men removed from monument to Francoism and returned to families amid political row over legacy of Spain’s civil war. Juan Chueca Sagarra was buried for the third time late on ...
The Guardian - Mar. 16
Trump topples civil rights offices at DHS

The Department of Homeland Security on Friday eliminated numerous civil rights offices, ending oversight of its immigration policies and avenues for public complaints. The department said it was ...
The Hill - 1d
The battle for Khartoum: Sudan war comes full circle

Armed forces recapture presidential palace and central bank headquarters, but fighting is not over
Financial Times - 2h
The battle for Khartoum: Sudan war comes full circle

Armed forces recapture presidential palace and central bank headquarters, but fighting is not over
Financial Times - 2h
North Korea fires several ballistic missiles after U.S. and South Korea begin military drills

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, hours after South Korea kicked off its annual joint military drills with the United States. South Korea's military says it has ...
CBS News - Mar. 10
Ethiopia fighting threatens return to civil and regional war

Security concerns for Africa’s most populous country and neighbouring Eritrea as fragile peace looks set to unravel
Financial Times - 6d
The Battle for Sudan’s Capital

Reporting from the frontline, The New York Times’s Africa chief correspondent, Declan Walsh, details the fierce struggle for the bridges over the Nile and its tributaries that divide the Sudanese ...
The New York Times - 1d
Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days
ABC News - Mar. 9
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Gets Its First Bits Of New Info From Neil Druckmann

Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann revealed some more narrative details about Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet in Creator to Creator discussion with Civil War director Alex Garland.. The studio ...
GameSpot - Mar. 10
Ukraine war briefing: Two people killed as Russia pounds Zaporizhzhia

South-eastern Ukrainian city struck more than 10 times, while three people die in attacks on Sumy and Donetsk; Germany approves €3bn in new military aid for Ukraine. What we know on day 1,123. ...
The Guardian - 1d
Trump Organization Sues Capital One for Closing Its Accounts

President Trump’s family business accused the bank of violating consumer protection laws by closing its accounts in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack.
The New York Times - Mar. 7
Why Germany Wants to Loosen Its Debt Brake

An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the country’s Constitution — and its culture.
The New York Times - 5d
S&P and Nasdaq close up, Dow closes down after turbulent day amid trade war

An escalating global trade war hammered markets in recent days.
ABC News - Mar. 12
South Sudan orders civilians to vacate a northern area as it battles an armed group

Yahoo News - 5d
67,000 white South Africans express interest in Trump's plan to give them refugee status

The U.S. Embassy in South Africa says it has received a list of more than 67,000 people interested in refugee status in the U.S. under President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate members of a white ...
ABC News - 2d

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