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A child leans into her mother as Metropolitan Epiphanius conducts an Orthodox Christmas service at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra on January 7, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. © Ethan Swope/Getty Images

Investigating the Deportation of Ukrainian Children

Expert predicts further international arrests may be issued amid ongoing deportations.

Soldiers from Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) march through Umayyad Square Damascus, Syria. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Analysis

Could Central Asian Insurgents in Syria Present a New Regional Threat?

Given the high mobility of these foreign jihadists, they could spread instability across the entire Middle East, Africa, and the global community.

Military personnel look at the destroyed apartment block following an air strike, on September 24, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. © Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images

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Ukraine’s 2025 Challenges for Justice

“We need to have a strategic goal so that prosecutions are real and not just in absentia.”

Police stand to block the entrance to the parliament during a protest over the results of last month's parliamentary election in Tbilisi, Georgia. © Daro Sulakauri/Getty Images

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Georgia: “We Have Until March”

Opposition politician lays out critical dangers to country's European future.

Demonstrators helping each other with effects from tear gas during a protest outside the parliament on November 29, 2024 in Tbilisi, Georgia. © Daro Sulakauri/Getty Images

When the Georgian Dream Blinked

As protests continue, the ruling party’s consolidation of control continues at a rapid pace.

Georgia’s Violent Crackdown on Journalists

Media workers covering the ongoing protests report being directly targeted amid extreme brutality.

Demonstrators shoot fireworks at the police officers during a protest outside the parliament on November 29, 2024 in Tbilisi, Georgia. © Daro Sulakauri/Getty Images

First Person

Georgia: “This is Our Last Chance to Fight for a European Future”

Young activist describes “anger and hope” of the nightly demonstrations in central Tbilisi.

A large demonstration held on October 28 in front of Georgia's parliament where four opposition parties called for a repeat election, accusing Georgian Dream of election fraud. © IWPR

Interview

Georgia’s Post-Election Perils

Protests continue against validity of electoral win that risks diverting country’s pro-European path.

President of Moldova Maia Sandu. © Carl Court/Getty Images

Interview

What Next for Moldova?

Country’s European trajectory may depend on healing internal discord and ensuring public trust in the electoral process.

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

International Migrants Day

Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.

Ukraine War Diary by A. Borden

Harsh Victory at Position X

Commitment, sacrifice and luck secured a vital early win in the south-eastern campaign, but can Ukrainian forces press on?

Sevim Kaya has been a bus driver for 16 years.

Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Some women face Adana's male-dominated traffic chaos for a living.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

The Israel-Hamas Conflict

Interview: The War on Disinformation

Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient, angry audiences often prefer opinions.

Investigating the Deportation of Ukrainian Children

Could Central Asian Insurgents in Syria Present a New Regional Threat?

Ukraine’s 2025 Challenges for Justice

Georgia: “We Have Until March”

When the Georgian Dream Blinked

Georgia’s Violent Crackdown on Journalists

Georgia: “This is Our Last Chance to Fight for a European Future”

Georgia’s Post-Election Perils

What Next for Moldova?

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