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Simona Bubenickova of Czechia (left, with guide David Srutek) and Germany’s Leonie Maria Walter (right, with guide Christian Krasman) pose next to Russia’s Anastasiia Bagiian (centre, with guide Sergei Siniakin) during the medal ceremony for the women’s 10-kilometre vision-impaired cross-country skiing race at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Tesero, Italy, on March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

As Paralympians compete for medals, the world debates Russia’s right to be there

Russia’s return to the Paralympic Games exposes the tension between the movement’s commitment to inclusion and the geopolitical realities of war, doping scandals and ethical accountability.
Canceled flights due to the Iran war have made it difficult for Americans to leave countries in the Middle East. Marcin Golba/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Operational secrecy kept the US from making evacuation plans – and that means Americans in the Mideast could wait days

A longtime diplomat explains how the State Department normally encourages and helps Americans to leave countries amid political instability and war – which didn’t happen over the last week.
A black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse at the industrial area of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates following reports of Iranian strikes in neighbouring Dubai, on March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Iran’s missile mayhem show the limits of Middle East defences

Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran have triggered a widening regional conflict, drawing in Tehran’s allies and several Arab states while testing missile defences across the Middle East.
Adye Sunday, 25, right, was abducted by Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and forced to be one of his ‘wives.’ He fathered her two children, one of whom Betty, 3, stands at left. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The war after the war: How violence is passed down through generations

War does not end when the fighting stops or peace agreements are signed. Its harms are transmitted across generations.

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