News of conflict

US military completes withdrawal from Afghanistan

30-08-2021 17:59 US military completes withdrawal from Afghanistan after a brutal 20-year war – one that started and ended with the hardline Islamist Taliban in power, despite billions of dollars spent trying to rebuild the conflict-wracked country.

US warns of 'credible threats' to Kabul airlift in wake of suicide bombing

27-08-2021 15:19 At least 72 civilians and 13 US troops killed in Thursday’s attack near Kabul airport, which has been claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.

Taliban warn of 'consequences' if US extends evacuation

23-08-2021 14:44 Chaos continues to overwhelm Kabul airport, with tens of thousands of people still desperate to flee country as Taliban takes power.

Under-pressure Biden tries to reassure US on Afghanistan

20-08-2021 17:14 US president says airlift from Kabul is “one of the largest and most difficult in history,” while warning he “cannot promise what the final outcome will be."

Afghan women's rights in firing line as Taliban return to power

16-08-2021 10:22 Under the hardline version of sharia law that the Taliban imposed the last time they controlled the capital, women and girls were mostly denied education or employment.

Kabul planes mobbed as Afghans make a desperate dash to exit

16-08-2021 10:12 Bedlam at Kabul Airport, just hours after Taliban leaders ordered their fighters into Kabul to maintain order as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

Venezuela to request UN aid to clear mines from Colombia border

05-04-2021 12:34 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said in a televised speech that the country is preparing to ask for immediate emergency aid from the UN to defuse antipersonnel mines allegedly placed in the southeast of the country by Colombian armed groups.

ICC opens Israeli-Palestinians war crimes probe

03-03-2021 14:57 Palestinian authorities hail decision by ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to open probe into alleged war crimes, a move Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu describes as "the essence of anti-Semitism."

Armenia, Azerbaijan tensions rise amid claims of new attacks

14-10-2020 15:08 The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is escalating, with both sides exchanging accusations and claims of attacks over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Heavy fighting is in a third week despite a ceasefire deal.

Armenians in Argentina decry Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

11-10-2020 08:51 Hundreds of people from Argentina's Armenian community demonstrated Saturday in Buenos Aires, calling for an end to fighting in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunity

03-04-2020 20:15 Both the Islamic State group and al-Qaida see the coronavirus as a threat, but some of their fighters also see the upheaval from the pandemic as an opportunity to win over more supporters and strike harder than before.

How will US bounty affect Maduro's hold on Venezuelan power?

29-03-2020 18:41 The accusation of "narco-terrorism" by the US put pressure on Maduro’s regime, but its consequence is uncertain: it will achieve either to support the opposition or an end to the South American country's long-running economic and political crises.

Guaidó, Maduro supporters face off at Venezuela's Embassy in Brazil

13-11-2019 17:22 Supporters of the rival Venezuelan leaders struggle for control of the Embassy in Brasilia while, nearby, Bolsonaro met with Chinese president and Maduro supporter Xi Jinping.

Forensic experts exhume remains of victims of El Salvador's civil war

07-11-2019 09:30 The forensic team, which includes members of Argentina's famed EAAF team of experts, believes the find includes the remains of five children killed when soldiers tossed a hand grenade inside a nearby cave where people were hiding.

Fernández to toughen Argentina’s stance on Malvinas, if elected

18-10-2019 07:00 Frente de Todos frontrunner plans to review all of Argentina’s bilateral agreements with the United Kingdom dating back to 1989 if elected, according to reports in local outlets.

No end in sight to Chubut’s debt crisis as workers pay price

12-10-2019 11:23 Driven by crushing provincial debt and economic mismanagement, public workers in Chubut are on strike as they face the second so-called “staggered pay” situation in two years.

by Lucas Robinson