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Armies of young insurgents are changing the course of a forgotten war
BBC via Yahoo News· 8 minutes agoMaui Pho Thaike trains KNDF fighters [BBC] To enter Myanmar is to travel not just to a forgotten...
Delegation for 5.21.24: Appeasement — FEMA — Africom — FACE — Haiti
Florida Politics· 3 hours agoRep. María Elvira Salazar said the move by President Joe Biden’s administration was either “naive”...
The military dictatorship controls less than 50% of Myanmar
The Economist· 5 days agoEver since Myanmar’s military junta seized power in a coup in 2021, hundreds of disparate resistance...
A Cowed Normality
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn the mid-1970s, the Iranian middle class could not have imagined that their modernizing, prosperous country could fall under the total control of a...
Raisi’s Death Represents a Tipping Point for Iran
Foreign Policy Magazine· 1 hour agoIran has suddenly been thrust into an election season nobody wanted after its president, Ebrahim Raisi, died in a helicopter crash last Sunday. The...
Congolese army says it has foiled a coup. Self-exiled opposition leader threatens president
AOL· 3 days agoCongo's army says it “foiled a coup” early Sunday morning and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following a shootout between armed men in military uniform ...
The other war: Cuban mercenaries in Ukraine
The Hill· 1 day agoLast April, stories broke out about beatings, mistreatment and unpaid salaries among thousands of Cuban soldiers fighting in the Russian ranks against...
Former NSC official calls for sanctions on ICC over Israel arrest warrants
Just the News· 24 hours agoA former National Security Council member called for sanctions on the International Criminal Court...
As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again
San Jose Mercury News· 3 days agoMembers of the state’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority, targets of deadly army-directed violence in...
Ukraine May Soon Have to Sue for Peace
Newsweek· 1 day agoWhile the war with Russia has enabled a quiet extension, it is a fitting moment to take stock of a catastrophe that has been overshadowed by the Gaza war...