Venezuela's Maduro blocks X access in country for 10 days
Nicolas Maduro announced a 10-day suspension of social network X, accusing Elon Musk of inciting hate, civil war, and death.
Fri Aug 09 2024
ASEAN seeks to tackle Myanmar crisis, South China Sea tension as ministers meet in Laos
ASEAN's foreign ministers will discuss efforts to end Myanmar's civil war, which the UN says has displaced 2.6 million people.
Wed Jul 24 2024
As famine looms in Sudan, the hungry eat soil and leaves
Nearly five million people in the country are close to famine as Sudan's civil war passes the one-year mark.
Sun May 12 2024
How a cyclone created a new nation
The discontent of the millions displaced was politicised, eventually leading to civil war and the birth of a new republic named Bangladesh.
Sat Jun 17 2023
Spain begins exhumation of 128 Civil War victims from Franco mausoleum
The exhumation is the first involving people whose bodies were moved from other parts of Spain after the 1936-1939 war.
Tue Jun 13 2023
Turkey, Syria, Russia and Iran hold highest-level talks since Syrian war
The meeting in Moscow was the highest-level negotiations so far on rebuilding ties between Ankara and Damascus after years of animosity during Syria's civil war.
Wed May 10 2023
What's behind Sudan's crisis?
Fighting has erupted in Sudan, as powerful rival military factions battle for control, increasing the risk of a nationwide civil war.
Tue Apr 18 2023
EXPLAINER - How Syria's war has hindered earthquake relief
Relief efforts have been hampered by a civil war that has splintered the country and divided regional and global powers.
Mon Feb 13 2023
Ethiopia sets out on long road to peace after two years of war
A year that began with no end in sight for one of the world's deadliest conflicts finished on a note of cautious optimism in Tigray.
Thu Jan 05 2023
Tamils in Sri Lanka yearn for answers on relatives who disappeared in civil war
Thousands of people in Sri Lanka's north and east, went missing during the civil war in what were known as "enforced disappearances".
Wed Oct 26 2022
Over 15,000 residents in Al-Bab will enjoy clean water starting next week
More than 15,000 residents from five villages in Al-Bab will receive clean water supply next week after supplies were disrupted following the civil war that erupted in Syria since 2011.
Sun Jul 03 2022
A year after Myanmar's coup, the military still lacks control and the country is sliding into an intractable civil war
So far, ASEAN has frustratingly vacillated between important expressions of disapproval and its more traditional stance of non-interference.
Tue Feb 01 2022
Sudan's Burhan says army ousted government to avoid civil war
Sudan's armed forces chief defended the military's seizure of power, saying he had ousted the government to avoid civil war.
Wed Oct 27 2021
Deadly shooting rocks Beirut as tensions over blast probe erupt
The shooting on the frontline of the 1975-90 civil war marks some of Lebanon's worst civil strife in years.
Thu Oct 14 2021
Factbox: Key facts on Taiwan-China relations as military tensions rise
China has claimed Taiwan through its "one China" policy since the Chinese civil war forced the defeated Kuomintang to flee to the island in 1949.
Tue Oct 05 2021