Despite industry claims, there are few controls to prevent diamond sales from financing violence and abuse around the world.

Fighting erupts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a brief lull in the conflict and a call for a ceasefire by African leaders. Also, as the AI Action Summit wraps up Tuesday in Paris, we ...

Retired Brig. Gen . Ronnie Harlston , who left a legacy of gallantry and splendid military service to his nation, will be laid to rest in Freetown today. Brig. Gen. Harleston passed away two weeks ago ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg. The North Carolina base was renamed Fort ...

Residents of Colombia's troubled Catatumbo region, near the eastern border with Venezuela, are weighing whether to return home after attacks by a rebel group displaced at least 50,000 people over ...

The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2007. Walking to my front door, I admire the lilies ...

It is now almost three decades, when the crisis in violatile great lake Eastern regional city of Goma in Democratic Republic of the Congo started, with heavy violence carried out by the brutal ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — After Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of the biggest city in eastern Congo this week, the man who emerged from the shadows to assert his leadership was not the group's ...

ramping up the risk of a return to full-blown regional war. Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there but, more recently, supporting ...

Their surrender following a rebel assault on the eastern city of Goma has also shattered the dreams of ... DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Guinea". The UN experts say ...

Leader of Rebels Who Toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad Is Named Country's Interim President DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an ...

Some of the world’s best-loved horses have been nominated for the Dubai World Cup 2025 Nominations for the 29th Dubai World Cup meeting have been announced and include some of the world’s best ...