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The Russian mercenary

Washington Post Soldiers from the Wagner Group have helped Vladimir Putin advance his aim of restoring Russian power in Africa. But on the ground, they’ve learned hard lessons. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/africa-sahel/russian-influence-putin-wagner-group/

The militia commander

Washington Post The advancing tide of Islamist extremism has prompted the rise of pro-government militias. The result has been a vicious cycle of escalating violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/africa-sahel/militias-islamic-extremism-violence/

Crossroads of conflict

Washington Post Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United States seeing its influence decline. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/africa-sahel/russian-terror-military-influence/

Putin raised the anti-woke banner long before it flew over Washington

Washington Post Vance’s Munich speech matched many of the issues long promoted by Russia including anti-migrant rhetoric, curbing abortion and equating “cancel culture” with free speech infringement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/19/putin-raised-anti-woke-banner-long-before-it-flew-over-washington/

Australia’s spy chief warns of rising antisemitism, intolerance

Washington Post Australia’s social cohesion is eroding, according to a sobering intelligence assessment that also warned of growing foreign interference and espionage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/19/australia-threat-assessment-antisemitism-aukus/

Medical evacuations from Gaza slow amid uncertainty over right of return

Washington Post Doctors and aid workers say President Trump’s proposal to empty Gaza of its inhabitants is raising concern about those who need to seek care abroad. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/19/gaza-medical-evacuations-qatar/

Climate change is robbing Pacific islands of another resource: Tuna

Washington Post Fourteen Pacific island nations will receive $107 million to adapt their tuna-dependent economies as climate change pushes the fish farther from their shores. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/19/pacific-islands-tuna-fishing-climate-change/

Under Trump, U.S. diplomacy finds its own ‘wolf warriors’

Washington Post China’s “wolf warrior” approach to geopolitics wasn’t effective diplomacy — a lesson Trump’s representatives on the global stage may relearn the hard way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/19/trump-vance-china-wolf-warrior-diplomacy/

Chinese military helicopter flies within 10 feet of plane, video shows

Washington Post Journalists on the Philippines’ plane filmed the helicopter coming dangerously close. Beijing has become increasingly aggressive in the contested South China Sea. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/18/china-philippines-south-china-sea-dispute/

Brazil charges Bolsonaro with leading plot to seize power, kill rivals

Washington Post Former president Jair Bolsonaro is accused of plotting the assassination of political rivals and a military takeover of Latin America’s largest country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/18/bolsonaro-charged-coup-brazil/