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The International Olympic Committee has ruled politically-neutral individual athletes are eligible, but some nations aren’t happy about it.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Joe Biden arrive for a news conference on Dec. 12, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
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With US aid to Ukraine locked in a partisan battle over security at the US southern border, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces the possibility of losing his largest supporter.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to present medals at the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 8, 2023.
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Polls suggest many Russians remain supportive of Putin and the war in Ukraine. Economic realities and western double standards likely play a big role.
Vigil lanterns at the Bitter Memory of Childhood monument commemorating the Ukrainian famine.
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Putin’s worldview echoes Russian phrase, ‘Who is not with us, is against us.’
Palestinian children amid homes in Gaza reduced by rubble by Israeli bombs.
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The European bourgeoisie could not forgive Hitler because he applied in Europe colonialist procedures previously reserved for the supposedly inferior Arabs, Indians, and Africans.
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Therapists may have strong feelings about a conflict, but they can work with people affected by either side.
Are you sure you know what that emotionally jarring video clip really shows?
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When you view photos and video through the fog of war, first ask yourself: Do I really know what I’m looking at?
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Wars are multiplying – and the damage these conflicts do isn’t just immediate. They leave long-term environmental damage
Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov have a personal relationship based on mutual dependence.
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The leader of Chechnya rules with brute force, impunity and near autonomy. Why doesn’t Vladimir Putin rein him in?
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Pretoria needs to pull off a balancing act in managing South Africa’s international relations to advance its economic interests.
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Cyberspace is a battlefield in modern conflicts – and combatants must follow international humanitarian law to protect civilians.
The aftermath of an Israeli retaliatory bombing of Gaza following surprise deadly attacks by Hamas.
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Support for the Palestinian cause has remained a steadfast element of South African foreign policy since the ANC came into power in 1994.
The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak on Oct. 7.
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The bloody ground attacks by Hamas in Israel caused the biggest shock. But the unprecedented scale of rocketry and successful use of armed drones contributed to the surprise.
Labeling a Russian rocket attack that killed 12 people in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, as a ‘tragedy’ sidelines human accountabilty.
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Calling something a ‘tragedy’ serves to minimize human responsibility for its causes, which can be convenient for the people who are causing the ‘tragedy.’
Refugees from Ukraine arrive in the Czech Republic.
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The things that people are able to bring with them often take on a heightened significance, reflective of both their old and new lives.
View from stage of Moscow’s Vakhtangov Theatre.
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Theatre has now been fully instrumentalised by the Russian state in line with its new patriotic cultural policy.
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Russia is not only looking for much-needed ammunition, it is trying to counter Western influence wherever it can.
Photograph from 2022 shows how buildings in Homs, Syria, remain in ruins years after destruction.
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Wars are no longer fought in the trenches, they’re fought in the streets and civilians are on the frontline.
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (left), Russian President Vladimir Putin and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2019 Russia-Africa summit in Sochi.
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African must make its collective voice heard on Russian mercenaries in African conflicts.
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Russia has long been a ‘paramilitarised’ regime, where the state can be challenged and undermined, but is not completely destroyed, by paramilitary or criminal groups.