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Kim Jong-un purges: why North Korea is such a dangerous place to be successful in politics
North Korea celebrated the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Army in February. As it showed off…
Why have so many earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria?
Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are common, but the magnitude 7.8 that shook the region on 6 February at 4:17am…
Shake and divide: the cocktail formula for global consensus
Markus Spiske / Unsplash M. Ángeles Serrano, Universitat de Barcelona For yet another year, the world’s conference on climate change…
Russia pulls out of New Start nuclear treaty – we’ve already seen how such agreements have limited aggression against Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s decision to pull out of the New Start nuclear weapons treaty with the United States will have predictable…
Ukraine war: why Russia has had such a disastrous 12 months – and what to expect next
When Russia’s ramshackle armies trundled into Ukraine a year ago, very few gave the defenders a chance. After all, they’d…
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Elephant poaching rates vary across Africa: 19 years of data from 64 sites suggest why
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images Timothy Kuiper, University of Cape Town and Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland, University of Oxford It’s a…
ISIS leader, Hamza al-Hosi is killed in helicopter raid in Syria that left four US service members and a dog wounded
A helicopter raid involving US and Syrian forces has resulted in the death of a senior ISIS leader Hamza…
Almost a year on, Russia’s war against Ukraine could go in three different directions
The frontline may be frozen but the battle rages on in Ukraine. In Bakhmut, a town which Moscow views as…
Witness tells court he watched teenage girl’s beheading on Massaquoi’s orders
Now almost 35, the witness said he was 14 when he witnessed the alleged brutal killing in 2003. MONROVIA – A…
China violated international laws and standards with its surveillance balloon
In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean just off…
