17/03/2026: In Ukraine’s Kharkiv, 20,000 children go underground to study
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14/03/2026: US bombs Iran’s Kharg Island, warns oil facilities next

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### 13/03/2026: The Palestinians forced to demolish their own homes by Israel.

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11/03/2026: Volunteers rebuild Sudan’s oldest psychiatric hospital destroyed by war

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6/03/2026: Trump says he must be ‘involved’ in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader

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25/02/2026: Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum considers legal action after Elon Musk criticism

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24/02/2026: ‘You either fight or die’: Kenyans tricked into joining Russia-Ukraine war

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20/02/2026: More than 1,000 citizens had been lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
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19/02/2026: Gaza death toll exceeds 75,000

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17/02/2026: Over 100 artists for Palestine back UN’s rapporteur Albanese after resignation calls
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16/02/2026: UN chief states that Security Council needs permanent Africa seat
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22/01/2026: In the occupied West Bank, Israel has mobilised all military and settler-colonial means to make Palestinian life impossible.

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20/01/26: Bangladeshi Gen Z toppled Hasina. Now they could decide the next prime minister

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18/01/26:
US air authority warns of ‘military activities’ over Mexico and South America

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16/01/26: Trump welcomes Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado in closed-door meeting

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15/01/26: Greenlanders fear Trump’s desire for minerals

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25/12/25
European nations, Canada decry Israel’s new, illegal West Bank settlements
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24/12/2025: Christian activist Kisiya regains access to family land after an Israeli court ruled against settlers in the occupied West Bank.

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22/12/25: Swedish authorities board sanctioned Russian ship in national waters

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21/12/2025: US, Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye urge restraint in Gaza as Israeli attacks continue

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20/01/25: Greece rescues more than 500 asylum seekers off coast of Crete

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19/01/25:
Trump says US launched large-scale attacks on ISIL in Syria
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17/12/25: India’s new suicide crisis: Poll workers take lives amid voter recount rush

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16/12/2025: ICC rejects Israeli bid to block Gaza war crimes investigation**
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13/12/2025: Russia could attack Nato within five years, says alliance chief in stark new warning

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12/12/2025: Thai Prime Minister dissolves parliament to “return power to the people”

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11/12/2025: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appears in Oslo after months in hiding, following her Nobel Peace Prize win.

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10/12/2025: Lithuania declares emergency situation over Belarus balloons

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08/12/2025: The World Food Programme warns #Sudan is facing a “massive” humanitarian crisis, with millions of starving people being denied access to vital food supplies as the war continues.⁠

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06/12/2025: Legendary architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96

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