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Monday marks three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, 2022. Alicja Hagopian and Tom Watling report on the many costs of Putin’s war

In Naqoura, returning townspeople are saddened and perplexed by the ferocity of seemingly pointless destruction.

A November 27 ceasefire was supposed to end violent attacks, but Israel has continued sporadic strikes on Lebanon.

Just eight weeks ago, the country had heaved a sigh of relied after the presidential election went peaceably

Climate and environmental protest is being criminalised and repressed around the world. The criminalisation of such protest has received a lot of attention in certain countries, including the UK and Australia. But there have not been any attempts to capture the global trend – until now.

The world’s worst internal displacement crisis, with at least 14 million people uprooted from their homes, is in Sudan.

The ongoing war in Sudan has often been overlooked amid higher-profile conflicts raging across multiple continents. Yet the lack of media and geopolitical attention to this 18-month-long conflict has not made its devastation in terms of human lives any less stark.

With half the country not under government control, al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM is increasingly targeting civilians.

With tension in the Middle East at its highest since October 7, how did we get here and what could happen next?

One year has passed since a dramatic coup in Niger

Move is latest sign the countries are moving away from traditional regional and Western allies following spate of coups.