The world experienced a further surge in conflicts in 2024, according to data provided by the NGO Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), which maps conflicts across the world’s regions.

In the last two weeks of February, humanitarian agencies reported 895 cases of conflict-related rape as M23 rebels advanced ...

The admission is a sign of the deepening military alliance and mutual defense pact between Pyongyang and Moscow.

After the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023 ignited the devastating war in Gaza, a deadly new reality also took hold for ...

For years, scores of online videos have shown terrorist groups and other non-state actors behind the wheel of the small pickup truck, which is not sold in the United States.

And so, in our increasingly uncertain world, this year’s Anzac Day is perhaps more important than most. We watch from afar as Europe remains in the shadow of its first major conflict since World War ...

A sharp drop in aid for pre-primary education may be the first sign that the international community is turning its back on ...

The dispute over the Russian-controlled Kuril Islands dates back to World War II. On Tuesday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry reiterated its commitment to a peace treaty with Russia in its 2025 ...

Yet the children most in need of a good education are also at greatest risk of having their learning disrupted, whether by conflict, violence, pandemics, climate, or other crises. The World Bank, ...

The conflict has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises with more than 7 million people displaced, including 100,000 who fled homes this year. The M23 is the most potent armed ...