Escalating violence in Congo’s eastern region has displaced at least 250,000 people in the last month, a senior United Nations official said Wednesday, describing the situation as an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Far from the nation’s capital, Kinshasa, eastern Congo has long been
China’s increasingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in Burma topped the agenda for Southeast Asian diplomats at their meeting in Laos on Monday, with the Laotian foreign minister expressing guarded optimism that progress could be made this
A leading military expert has issued a dire warning about the increasing risks of World War 3 as mounting tensions could lead to a crisis by the end of the decade. Justin Crump emphasised that unless there are significant and dramatic changes
The outbreak of conflicts on multiple fronts has some concerned that U.S. resources will be spread too thin to confront evolving threats. “Certainly the international upheaval we are experiencing today is eerily reminiscent of the turbulent late 1970s, with the Soviets invading
Rival ethnic groups fired at each other in new violence in India’s remote northeast that left at least nine people dead and some injured, officials said Wednesday. Security forces rushed to Khamenlok village in Manipur state’s Kangpokpi district after clashes broke out
The Philippines and Taiwan sounded alarm bells after detecting dozens of suspected Chinese vessels and aircraft across the South China Sea on Friday. “To undermine the Taiwanese public’s faith in the ability of the armed forces to protect the island’s sovereignty, China’s