war & conflict
The inherent paradox of the Nobel Peace Prize
This is not the first time the Nobel committee has awarded its prize for peace before such ambitions have been fully realized.
Colombia's president wins Nobel Prize despite failed peace deal
President Juan Manuel Santos has spent the last four years on a deal with FARC guerrillas that would bring peace to a country that has experienced civil war for five decades.
ISIS just identified a dead leader by name — and that's unusual
The latest issue of a publication hawked by the militants includes a fresh account of the July attack in Dhaka, under Chowdhury's byline identifying him as former head of military and covert operations in Bangladesh.
Thousands of Colombians wave white flags for peace
By VICE News
The war with the FARC, together with some other similar conflicts in Colombia, has killed an estimated 220,000 people and forced nearly 7 million from their homes.
The world waits for Obama to take action in Syria — but it may be too late
By Joshua Hersh
The proposed plans would require a certain degree of cooperation with the Russians — or accepting the prospect of direct conflict.
Colombia's ex-president spent years trying to thwart FARC peace deal
After years of hard work to prevent a peace deal between the rebels and his successor's government, former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has propelled himself back into the global conversation
Colombian voters just rejected the country’s historic peace deal
By Jo Tuckman
In a shocking turn, an accord that would have ended the 52-year war between the Colombian government and FARC rebels was narrowly rejected during a referendum.
Bombs fall on Aleppo’s largest hospital as Russia sends more warplanes to Syria
By VICE News
Russia's Izvestia reported that Moscow will send more Su-24 and Su-34 warplanes to join the campaign, which began a year ago.
Assad is assembling 10,000 troops for final assault on Aleppo
More than 270,000 civilians are trapped in the eastern part of the city according to the World Health Organization, cut off from aid and with "dwindling supplies of food, water and fuel."
UN slams Russia, Syria for killing children in Aleppo
"The children of Aleppo are trapped in a living nightmare," said UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Justin Forsyth.
World leaders react to death of Israeli founding father Shimon Peres
By Noah Kulwin
He started Israel's nuclear program in the 1950s, and helped draft the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians in the early 1990s, for which he earned a shared Nobel Peace Prize.
Assad forces destroyed a major Aleppo hospital
Two major Aleppo hospitals were bombed by Assad forces in ongoing strikes to retake rebel-held areas of the city.
Thousands are trapped in Aleppo as Syrian troops close in
Describing the impact of the bunker-buster bombs, Yassin Mohammed, a 51-year-old taxi driver from East Aleppo told Middle East Eye they felt like "an earthquake."
Boko Haram leader is alive and not returning kidnapped girls
By Justin Ling
The video challenges recent reports that he'd been killed or injured in the offensive by the Nigerian military that re-took territory from the group
Colombia signs FARC peace deal with pens made from bullet casings
By VICE News
But Colombians could still reject the deal, which ends a 50-year conflict, in a national referendum on Sunday.
Airstrikes in Aleppo are killing dozens of children
Aleppo under fire as Russia says chances of ending the Syrian war "almost impossible"
The ground war north of Aleppo looks set to begin
By Justin Ling
With a ceasefire in tatters, American-backed Kurdish and Arab rebels are moving south while Russian and Syrian government forces are advancing quickly north
Warplanes kill 45 in Aleppo — but Assad says civilian deaths aren't his fault
Overnight Syrian warplanes bombarded several districts in the rebel-held eastern part of the city, with multiple reports of phosphorous bombs being used by the troops of president Bashar al-Assad.
The US has 'evidence' that Russian airstrikes hit an aid convoy in Syria
By Justin Ling
US officials said Tuesday that airstrikes on a Red Crescent aid convoy that killed about 20 people appear to have been carried out by Russian jets.
Both Russia and Assad deny bombing a UN aid convoy in Syria
By VICE News
The UN confirms that least 18 of the convoy's 31 trucks were hit, in addition to a warehouse.