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IRAN · 2 MIN
'What was their crime?': BBC visits Iran school where strike killed 120 children
Amaineh Nademi walks carefully through what is left of her old school. Chunks of broken concrete hang precariously from the damaged upper floor. A few classrooms are still…
UKRAINE · 1 MIN
Ukraine Replaces Top General Amid Protests
In a significant shake-up within Ukraine's military hierarchy, General Oleksander Syrsky has been relieved of his duties following a series of…
NIGERIA · 1 MIN
Africa Shield: Why securing development is becoming a new security priority
For decades, security discussions on the continent focused largely on armed groups, “terrorism” and conflict. But as healthcare systems expand…
IRAN · 2 MIN
Can AI systems make moral decisions in war?
From autonomous drones to AI-powered command-and-control, machines are paving the way for fewer decision-makers in the war room and boots on the…
TURKIYE · 2 MIN
How the failed 2016 coup reshaped Turkiye’s civil-military relations
But within hours, the attempted takeover involving tanks and fighter jets had been quashed. Thousands of people poured onto the streets of major…
UGANDA · 2 MIN
Saving shea: How a Ugandan woman is turning waste into clean energy
Known locally as moyao, the tree had shaped her childhood. Every morning, she and her friends gathered beneath its branches to eat its sweet, creamy…
BELGIUM · 2 MIN
Sixty-six years on: The promise of DRC independence remains unfulfilled
On that day, King Baudouin I formally declared the independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Outside, Kinshasa’s streets filled…
ISRAEL · 2 MIN
Psychological toll mounts as Lebanese villages erased by Israel’s war
The Israeli military had recently withdrawn from the town as part of a ceasefire agreement, but had left behind detonated homes, a graffiti-laden…
ISRAEL · 2 MIN
Paradise lost: How Israel is making war on West Bank farmers
Amal Slaibi, 58, averts her eyes whenever she passes the remains of her family’s small but profitable orchard in the occupied West Bank, which she…
IRAN · 1 MIN
How Hafez al-Assad Opened Lebanon's Doors to Tehran
In the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution's triumph on February 11, 1979, two pivotal images emerged from Tehran that would foreshadow the region's…
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