Wednesday, August 13, 2025

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‘Bloquons tout’: France braces for September 10 unrest

An unfiltered citizen-led call for civil disobedience spreads like wildfire online, threatening to paralyze France on September 10. Beneath the surface chaos lies a...

Antonov-24 plane crash: Russian airliner found ablaze, no survivors

A Soviet-era Antonov-24 vanishes from radar over Russia’s Far East. Found in flames near the Chinese border, with all 49 aboard presumed dead. A...

Drone Kill Points in Ukraine: Gamifying the Battlefield

A New Economy of Death: Kill Points as Currency in Ukraine In war-torn Ukraine, where attrition has eroded morale and Western support falters with every...

Sectarian Bloodbath in Syria: Over 1,400 Dead, Alawites Targeted After Assad’s Fall

In the grim wake of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, Syria is plunged into fresh sectarian chaos. A government investigation confirms what many feared: a large-scale...

Paul Biya’s Eternal Return: Cameroon’s Presidential Lockdown

At 92, Paul Biya is running for an eighth term as head of state in Cameroon, a country he has ruled unchallenged since 1982....

MLK Files Declassification: Trump Releases 230,000 Pages, But Truth Remains Buried

A presidential decree, a deluge of documents, and the ghosts of a nation’s past, on July 21st, 2025, the Trump administration released over 230,000...

Doha 2025: The Agreement That Restores the Congolese State’s Sovereignty

On July 19, 2025, a declaration signed in Doha between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the RDF/M23 movement was hailed by the usual...

Ishiba clings to power despite election defeat

He has no majority, no mandate, and no momentum. But Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s embattled Prime Minister, has no intention of stepping aside. After a...