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Colombia's military bristles at rise of leftist presidential hopeful Gustavo Petro

06-05-2022 11:18 Historically aligned to a succession of right-wing governments, Colombia's top military echelon breaks a long-standing rule of political neutrality to lash out against Gustavo Petro, former guerrilla fighter and a perceived leftist threat.

Putin’s war has laid many 21st-century paradigms to rest

04-03-2022 23:21 The fall of the Soviet Union and the end of modernism made us believe that mass warfare was no longer possible in ‘civilised’ places like Europe and the United States, where the major physical threat came from terrorism and global warming. Putin’s invasion has also laid that paradigm to rest.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

One million refugees fled Ukraine in week since Russia's invasion, says UN

02-03-2022 23:59 UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopts resolution that "demands" Russia "immediately" withdraw from Ukraine.

'Unprovoked and unjustified': World reacts to attack on Ukraine

24-02-2022 09:15 World leaders on Thursday swiftly condemned Russia's military attack on Ukraine, with Western capitals vowing to escalate sanctions against Moscow while the head of the United Nations demanded the conflict end immediately.

Argentine case into crimes against Rohingya begins

17-12-2021 02:18 A representative for Myanmar's Rohingya minority community testified in an Argentine court Thursday as a part of an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity by the Asian country's military rulers.

Mercenaries: the sinister export from Colombia's conflict

12-07-2021 15:29 Hardened by more than half a century of conflict back home, retired Colombian soldiers and illegal combatants feed the sinister market of mercenaries around the world.

New Hamas rocket barrage after Israel levels another Gaza tower

12-05-2021 17:34 Hamas unleashed a fresh barrage of deadly rocket fire towards Israel Wednesday in retaliation for the levelling of a 14-story building in Gaza by Israel, which ruled out an imminent ceasefire. World leaders call for de-escalation of conflict.

Brazil military chiefs exit in new turmoil for Bolsonaro

30-03-2021 20:36 Three commanders of Armed Forces out, confirms Bolsonaro government. Some Brazilian media reports trio had resigned in protest at president's surprise decision to replace defence minister Fernando Azevedo as part of a sweeping reshuffle.

Bolsonaro appoints Army reserve general to head Petrobras

21-02-2021 08:12 Brazil's far-right president appoints Army reserve general Joaquim Silva e Luna to lead state-owned energy giant Petrobras, after criticising several successive increases in the price of fuel. 

Wave of massacres signals new chapter in Colombia's conflict

23-09-2020 17:35 Rather than a national dispute between guerrillas and the state, violence in rural Colombia is now marked by a patchwork of local feuds between criminal groups who fight over drug routes, illegal mines and even gasoline smuggling routes.