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World
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Region
1/25/2026 3:25:53 PM
More than a year after a ceasefire nominally ended active fighting, much of southern Lebanon bears the ecological scars of war. Avocado orchards are gone and beehives destroyed. So, too, are the livelihoods they supported. Meanwhile, fields and forests have disappeared under the intense fire caused by white phosphorus shelling. Shrapnel and unexploded bombs, however, remain.
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World
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Africa
1/25/2026 2:08:59 PM
Renewed fighting in South Sudan has displaced more than 180,000 people, with witnesses describing indiscriminate use of barrel bombs and civilians fleeing into swamps as the country's fragile peace unravels.
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World
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Region
1/21/2026 5:41:47 PM
Three people were killed on Wednesday when a car bomb exploded in an attack that appeared to target a leader of the Arab coalition-backed armed group in southern Yemen, according to witnesses and security officials.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/13/2026 11:30:12 AM
Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid and apparently snubbing U.S.-led peace efforts as the war approaches the four-year mark.
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World
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Region
1/12/2026 5:14:15 PM
Syrian authorities said Monday that they had arrested two members of the Islamic State (IS) group, accusing them of being behind last month's deadly bombing of a mosque in an Alawite area of Homs.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/10/2026 2:14:51 PM
Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people in the capital.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/8/2026 11:22:59 PM
Israel intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip since Thursday morning, killing at least 11 Palestinians, nearly half of whom were children, continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement.
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Opinion
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1/5/2026 9:47:55 PM
In the early hours of January 3, US forces bombed Caracas, blacking out the capital, and captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his compound at Fort Tiuna. By dawn,
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World
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International
1/3/2026 1:46:26 PM
Donald Trump returned to office vowing to be the peace president. Nearly a year later, he is embracing war on multiple fronts.
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World
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Region
1/2/2026 3:27:27 PM
U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening economic protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June.
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World
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Region
12/28/2025 10:20:15 PM
At least three people were killed on Sunday during Alawite protests in western Syria, health authorities said, as thousands took to the streets across the religious minority's heartland following a deadly mosque bombing.
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World
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Region
12/28/2025 2:51:53 PM
Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite minority and counterdemonstrators on Sunday, two days after a bombing at an Alawite mosque in the city of Homs killed eight people and wounded 18 others during prayers.
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World
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Region
12/27/2025 2:07:44 PM
Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday despite rain and cold outside of a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs where a bombing the day before killed eight people and wounded 18.
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World
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Africa
12/26/2025 4:14:13 PM
Nigeria on Friday signalled more strikes against jihadist groups were expected after a Christmas Day bombardment by US forces against militants in the north of the country, which it said was a joint operation with its military.
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World
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Africa
12/24/2025 9:58:25 PM
An explosion ripped through a mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri and killed at least seven worshippers on Wednesday, witnesses and security sources told AFP.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/22/2025 10:33:22 PM
Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out a number of high-profile attacks against prominent Russians since the start of the war nearly four years ago.
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Books
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News
12/21/2025 7:22:26 PM
Qunbula lil Istikhdam Al-Shakhsy (A Bomb for Personal Use) by Mirna El-Mahdy, Al-Karma Publishers, Cairo, 2024. 432 pp.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
12/18/2025 8:05:52 PM
Caught between heavy Israeli bombardment and Hizbullah’s refusal to disarm, Beirut finds itself in an unenviable position
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World
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International
12/18/2025 3:07:21 PM
Thailand on Thursday bombed a building in a Cambodian casino town and major crossing between the two nations, as foreign powers pressured them to halt reignited border clashes.
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World
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Region
12/14/2025 2:35:57 PM
An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon on Sunday killed one person, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported, marking the latest in a series of systematic violations of the ceasefire.
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