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Ethiopia
Africa

Reignited violence in Ethiopia threatens to engulf the entire region

A tangled web of alliances, mixed with intense domestic conflicts in surrounding countries, will make it difficult to contain another civil war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech during the 2026 UN General Assembly session
Middle East

Is Bibi cruising for a bruising by trolling Erdogan over Syria?

Last week, the Israeli prime minister called the Turkish president a 'tyrant' who "calls for Israel's destruction almost every single day”

ukraine military drone technology
Europe

They aren't uniformed, but these US companies are fighting for Ukraine

Microsoft joins a host of other ideologically-driven tech defenders of Kviv. Some, like Palantir, are doing so while expanding profit margins.

 Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Sudan
Africa

Gen. Burhan digs in as Trump's visa-for-ceasefire scheme blows up

US attempts at ending the conflict in Sudan are questioned as tactics appear uneven, leaves UAE off the hook, and lacks attention due to Iran war

Goodnight Baghdad: US troops leave Iraq after 23 years
Middle East

Goodnight Baghdad: US troops leave Iraq after 23 years

Had anyone told me while I was dodging IEDs in 2007 that I'd be writing about the final withdrawal at age 48, I would have rightly questioned the entire project

Delcy Rodriguez and Donald Trump
Latin America

Venezuela blowback may have a long fuse. It always does.

The era of gunboat diplomacy in the early 20th century became the revolutions, insurgencies, and dictatorships of the future