In response to the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975, a school teacher by the name of Georges Abdallah co-founded a communist urban guerilla organization. The group was called the "Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions", or LARF, and was responsible for multiple bombings and assassinations in
Countries across the globe take an interest in who wins the U.S. presidency and what it means for cooperation. Economic bonds between allies can degrade or become stronger at any point in time during a presidency with policy proposals and military action that can dictate the course of global
On Monday November 11th, Somali special forces dealt a blow to Al-Shabaab, a Sunni jihadist group aligned with Al-Qaeda. This comes amid a spat of attacks carried out by Al-Shabaab to denigrate the Somali Federal Government's ability to provide security for civilians. Many attacks are
On Sunday November 10th, several members of the Colombian Armed Forces and National Police were kidnapped by locals in the conflict-ridden department of Cauca, located in southwestern Colombia. This comes after the end of a Colombian military operation that was launched in October to recapture the town of El
On Thursday, U.S. President Joe Biden strongly opposed the International Criminal Court's decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The warrants, issued on November 21, 2024, mark the first time in history that a sitting leader of
The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ended last week. Participants claim the two-day conference produced large developments; however, the rest of the world barely noticed it happened at all. The previous two G20 summits in 2022 (Bali) and 2023 (India) published extensive declarations, but this year’s
The Kurram district of Northwestern Pakistan saw a flare-up in sectarian tension after gunmen of a Sunni tribe attacked a convoy of buses carrying Shia pilgrims on November 21st, resulting in 42 deaths. Survivors of the attack reported automatic fire smashing through the bus windows and killing fellow passengers
79 children have been killed between September 1st and November 20th in South Africa's notorious Cape Flats, the Western Cape's gang crime hotspot. The communities that span the Cape Flats have been labeled as some of the most dangerous areas in South Africa, with locals referring
On November 13, a watchdog for Japan’s nuclear program, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), disqualified the Tsuruga No. 2 reactor from operation due to safety concerns. This is the first rejection concerning safety with regard to the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The claim being that the reactor was underneath fault
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