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COMMENT | VANESSA BADRE | Like the air we breathe, peace does not typically command our attention until we lose it. That is why the study of peace is inextricably linked to that of war: it seeks to understand the root causes of conflict and illuminate ways to end or …

Vatican | VATICAN NEWS | “I once again make this appeal to all people of good will: that, at least on the feast of the birth of the Saviour, one day of peace may be respected,” said Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday, 23 December, from Castel Gandolfo. This as he launched an …

UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua |  A Chinese envoy has called on the international community to support Libya’s political actors in swiftly addressing their differences and building consensus to complete political unification. “It is imperative to call on the relevant parties in both western and eastern Libya to demonstrate political will …

GAZA | Xinhua | In the rubble of southwestern Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, an abandoned Israeli armored vehicle now serves an unexpected purpose: Draped with a red-cloth sign that reads “Charging Station,” it has become a rare source of electricity in an area left in the dark by over …

HELSINKI | Xinhua |  Global arms revenues of the world’s 100 largest arms companies hit a record 679 billion U.S. dollars in 2024, with U.S. arms producers accounting for nearly half of the total, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report released on Monday. In 2024, …

WASHINGTON | TASS | Andrey Yermak, a former chief of staff of Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, announced several hours later after his resignation that he was ready to head to the battlefront, the New York Post reported. “I’m going to the front and am prepared for any reprisals… I am an honest and …

TOKYO | Xinhua | Japan’s main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) leader Yoshihiko Noda on Sunday criticized Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent erroneous remarks on China’s Taiwan, local media reported. At a party meeting in Nagasaki Prefecture, Noda, a former prime minister, said Takaichi “went too far” and …

TOKYO | TASS |  The United States would prefer to avoid involvement in any wars, but if it must fight, it will win decisively, US President Donald Trump said while addressing US servicemen aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington, based in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, at the Yokosuka naval …

GAZA | Xinhua | On a dusty patch of land in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, a worn-out canvas canopy offers scant protection from the autumn sun. Below it, dozens of girls sit on the ground, their notebooks resting on knees, their eyes fixed on a small blackboard hanging from a …

KHARTOUM, EGYPT | Xinhua | As the sun dips over the rooftops of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, bathing the open spaces in a pale golden hue and the earth cools after a heavy day, a different kind of life begins to stir in the city. On makeshift football pitches carved into …