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Apr- 2019 -23 AprilEurope
New IRA admits killing of Northern Ireland journalist in Derry shooting
Northern Ireland dissident republican groupthe New IRA has admitted shooting to death journalist Lyra McKee during rioting in Derry
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21 AprilAsia Pacific
Series of explosions in Sri Lanka churches and hotels kills dozens
Dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured in a string of blasts at hotels and churches in Sri Lanka as worshippers attended Easter services
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18 AprilAsia Pacific
Strict regulation of Indonesia homeschooling key to counter terrorism, official says
Indonesian government regulation of homeschooling could block one path to radicalization and reduce the risk of suicide bomb attacks by families
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14 AprilCommentary
Boko Haram and the Chibok Abductions: #FiveYearsTooLong
Five years after Boko Haram fighters kidnapped 276 women from Chibok, Dr Elizabeth Pearson looks at how women are exploited in the conflict in northeast Nigeria
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14 AprilWar
ISIS brands global attacks as ‘Vengeance for Sham’
Robert Postings looks at the first few days of Islamic State’s ‘Vengeance for Sham’ global campaign
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13 AprilWar
Climate change: an increasingly dangerous recruiting sergeant for insurgent groups
Extreme weather conditions from climate change are enabling insurgents to more-easily recruit and exert control on populations
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11 AprilAfrica
Sudan army removes President Bashir from power
Sudan's army announced that longtime president Omar al-Bashir had been removed from power
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4 AprilMiddle East
‘We have no choice but to liberate Efrin’ – Aldar Xelil on northern Syria’s next moves
Syrian Kurdish official Aldar Xelil says his forces are not counting on outside powers to protect them from Turkey
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Mar- 2019 -29 MarchMiddle East
ISIS’s ‘caliphate’ was crushed. Now Syria’s Kurd-led alliance faces bigger battles
Reporting from Syria in the dying days of the ISIS caliphate, Jared Szuba talks to Kurds and Arabs about the fight for their shared future
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25 MarchCommentary
Challenges after the elimination of ISIS
Although defeated on the battlefield, ISIS will continue to be a threat to stability in northern Syria, SDF commander Mazlum Kobane writes
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