In early November, 38 workers of a Canadian-run gold mine in Burkina Faso were killed in an ambush while traveling on buses en route to their worksite...
After three weeks of protests following the contested results of a presidential election deemed by the Organization of American States (OAS) to have suffered from ‘clear manipulation,’...
In the current era of geopolitics, where data is sometimes more valuable than currency, governments and corporations are targeting employees of social media companies for access to the private information of customers and users...
Last week 15 people were killed and others wounded in an insurgent attack on a checkpoint in southern Thailand, home to a long-simmering low-intensity conflict in the country’s historically violence-plagued Yala province...
Iraqi security forces have continued to open fire on protesters with live ammunition, rubber bullets and cannisters of tear gas in a brutal display of excessive force...
In a three-part expose on the work of an Israeli private-intelligence agency known as Black Cube, journalist Ronan Farrow described how he was surveilled during his investigation of Harvey Weinstein’s alleged crimes, which included numerous allegations of rape...
Russia has determined that its ongoing social media disinformation and influence campaigns provide a worthwhile return on investment, especially considering the relatively modest resources required...
In October, significant protests have broken out in Iraq and in Lebanon – countries in which Iran has worked for decades to build pro-Iranian Shi’a factions into significant political forces that now sit in key positions in their respective power structures...
On 30 October, Twitter announced that it would no longer accept political ads, demonstrating that not all social media companies are solely concerned with profit above all else...
Following the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at the hands of a United States Special Operations Forces raid on his hideout in Syria’s Idlib province, the so-called Islamic State announced its new leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi...
Egypt’s recent history has been defined by dictatorship, human rights abuses, and carte blanche support from the United States...
On 29 October, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was granted his desire to hold a general election on 12 December...
The protests that began two weeks ago in Lebanon over a proposed tax on messaging apps such as WhatsApp have now toppled the government...
Dozens of protesters were killed in Iraq late last week as anti-government demonstrations continued throughout the country...
A United States military operation has reportedly killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the so-called Islamic State, in a raid conducted on October 26, 2019...