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CrisisWatch: December Alerts and November Trends 2023

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Hostilities in north west and Türkiye’s operations in north east continued at lower intensity, Islamic State (ISIS) maintained deadly...

Civilian Hero Fatally Shot in Tragic Mistake by IDF Soldiers During Jerusalem Terror Attack

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A civilian who intervened to stop a Palestinian terror attack in Jerusalem on Thursday has tragically died after Israeli soldiers mistakenly...

EEARTH: A Groundbreaking Climate Security Early Warning System

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Led by Crisis Group’s Future of Conflict Program, the Environmental Early Action and...

Can COP28 Deliver for Africa?

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this episode of The Horn, Alan hosts a roundtable discussion with Saliem...

Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Editor’s note: The list below is CPJ’s most complete account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will not reflect...

The End of Humanism

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Since October 7, TV screens, Internet sites, and newspapers have been filled with two competing narratives. First there are the images...

Israel, Hamas Extend Gaza Truce by One Day in Last-Minute Deal

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire for a seventh day, while mediators pressed on...

Hamas Claims Responsibility for Jerusalem Terror Attack in Which Three Killed, Six Wounded

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Hamas claimed responsibility for the murder of three Israelis on Thursday morning by Palestinian terrorists as they waited at a bus...

Stories from the UN Archive: The origin of #PalestineDay

Why 29 November? On that day in 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the partition of Palestine. ...

Israeli Lawmakers Seek to Lower Capital Gains Tax to Draw Foreign Investment Despite Gaza...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel’s parliament, known as the Knesset, is considering a proposal to lower the country’s capital gains tax from 25 percent to...

Israel, Hamas Seek New Deal to Extend Gaza Truce on Final Day

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel and the Hamas terror group were negotiating through mediators on Wednesday over another potential extension of the Gaza truce, with...

Syria: ‘A dozen different powder kegs’

Najat Rochdi, UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, told ambassadors at the Security Council that Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus airport this weekend, following several...

لا مخرج من غزة | Crisis Group

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). حطَّم هجوم حماس في 7 تشرين الأول/أكتوبر شعور إسرائيل بالأمن وأذلَّ أجهزتها الاستخبارية...

Partners in Crime: The Rise of Women in Mexico’s Illegal Groups

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). ...

CPJ joins letter on Alaa Abdelfattah to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Committee to Protect Journalists, along with 33 other rights organizations, has signed on to the following letter in support of...

What Threat Does the Rebel Offensive in Myanmar Pose to the Junta?

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s...

Après six mois de guerre au Soudan, le Darfour au bord du désastre

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Les combats entre l'armée soudanaise dirigée par le général Abdel Fattah al-Burhan et...

17,629 Babies Born in Israel Since Oct. 7 Attack

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). 17,629 babies have been born in Israel since October 7, with many of them named after the towns and victims attacked...

Gaza: UN welcomes deal for pause in fighting, hostage-release pact

“This is an important step in the right direction, but much more needs to be done,” Mr. Guterres said via a statement from his...

Is Washington Responsible for What Israel Does With American Weapons?

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). The United States is the biggest backer of the Israeli military, providing it...

A New Escalation of Armed Conflict in Myanmar

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). ...

End of One War, Start of Another in Ethiopia

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Michael Woldemariam, associate...

Nord de la Côte d’Ivoire: comment éradiquer à la menace djihadiste ?

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). 2pm Abidjan | 3pm Brussels | 9am Washington DC Inscrivez-vous ici.   Source of original article: RSS (www.crisisgroup.org). The content of this...

Will the Israel-Hamas War Spread?

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this Big Question, Project Syndicate asks Comfort Ero, Negar Mortazavi, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Sinan Ülgen to weigh...