Visual footage — even that created by journalists and civilians to document conflict and hold nations accountable — can now become raw material for weapons development.
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For some people caught in conflict zones, remaining is the choice they feel they can live with.
The World Heritage listing raises timely questions, such as whether we might see nominations for sites from Australia’s own genocidal past.
Leaders and managers must understand the complexity of armed conflicts to make responsible and ethical choices
The UN estimates more than 1,000 health-care workers have been killed in Palestinian territories since October 7 2023.
Donkeys provide vital support to women but their lives are often cut short.
As Ukraine retakes parts of its northeastern region from Russia, the Kremlin continues to increasingly look to private military companies to fill in military power gaps.
Academic research in conflict zones suggests Ghani’s resignation could actually be Afghanistan’s best chance at peace – but not under the conditions the Taliban is demanding.
Military lawyers told me how they must make split-second decisions that weigh military variables against real human lives.
Afghan women interviewed about current talks between the government and the Taliban say, ‘There is no going back.’ Taliban fundamentalist rule in the 1990s forced women into poverty and subservience.
Adolescent girls face unique challenges in times of conflict and crisis yet they are rarely consulted about how to engender peace in their communities.
Civilian peacekeepers are trying to stop violence before it starts.
Far-right extremists in the US have the potential to mount a coordinated, low-intensity campaign of political violence. It wouldn’t be the country’s first experience with domestic terror.
Pulling out roughly half the U.S. troops in Afghanistan is part of an effort to find peace, but may unbalance a precarious stalemate.
In February, the US signed an historic accord with the Taliban to end the Afghanistan War. Now violence in the country is up and peace talks with the government are delayed yet again.
People in the disputed Indian territory of Kashmir had already been living under a 24-hour curfew for eight months when the coronavirus hit, bringing new depths of fear and confinement.
A nationally mandated quarantine isn’t keeping Colombia’s armed groups at home. Despite calls for a ceasefire, they are still killing activists, threatening humanitarian workers and seizing aid.
The survival resource of the world’s most vulnerable people – their social networks – may become compromised
Meet the unsung aid workers who put their lives on the line during war and natural disaster to make sure the dead are treated with respect – and that their grieving families get closure.
In the weeks and months following mass trauma, such as the shootings in Christchurch, participating in physical activity can help individuals and communities deal with stress, anxiety and grief.
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