14/03/2026: US bombs Iran’s Kharg Island, warns oil facilities next

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### 13/03/2026: The Palestinians forced to demolish their own homes by Israel.

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11/03/2026: Volunteers rebuild Sudan’s oldest psychiatric hospital destroyed by war

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6/03/2026: Trump says he must be ‘involved’ in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader

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04/03/2026: UK to end study visas for Myanmar, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Sudan students
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25/02/2026: Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum considers legal action after Elon Musk criticism

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24/02/2026: ‘You either fight or die’: Kenyans tricked into joining Russia-Ukraine war

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20/02/2026: More than 1,000 citizens had been lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
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19/02/2026: Gaza death toll exceeds 75,000

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17/02/2026: Over 100 artists for Palestine back UN’s rapporteur Albanese after resignation calls
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16/02/2026: UN chief states that Security Council needs permanent Africa seat
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13/02/2026: Chao Tayiana Maina explains how colonial methods of repression used against the Mau Mau resurface in protests worldwide.

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03/02/26: Moscow confirms Russian forces helped repel ISIL attack on Niger airport
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02/02/26: Laura Fernandez declares victory in Costa Rica’s presidential election
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01/02/26: Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award
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31/01/26: More than 200 killed in mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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30/01/26: Iran prepares for war as US military ‘armada’ approaches
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29/01/26: Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban
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28/01/26: Gustavo Petro: Colombia’s former rebel fighter turned president
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27/01/26: Canadian PM Carney unveils multibillion-dollar push to lower food costs
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26/01/26: Hunger, death, devastation: No respite in Tigray a year after US aid cuts
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25/01/26: Federal agents shoot and kill another US citizen in Minneapolis
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23/01/26: Israeli strategy for Gaza caught between settlements and security zones, as it continues to kill Palestinians.
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22/01/2026: In the occupied West Bank, Israel has mobilised all military and settler-colonial means to make Palestinian life impossible.

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21/01/26: Baby girl in Gaza dies from cold amid Israeli aid restrictions

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20/01/26: Bangladeshi Gen Z toppled Hasina. Now they could decide the next prime minister

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18/01/26:
Thousands of Greenlanders have protested US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize control of their homeland.

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18/01/26:
US air authority warns of ‘military activities’ over Mexico and South America

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16/01/26: Trump welcomes Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado in closed-door meeting

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15/01/26: Greenlanders fear Trump’s desire for minerals

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