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Top 10 Under-the-Radar World News Stories of 2018
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- Cigarette butts account for 12% of waterway litter
- United Nations: Secretary-General Guterres’ 10 years
- Revelations on the history of the slave trade in Africa and the future
- Remittances from families to low- and middle-income countries have doubled in 10 years
- Dissatisfaction with the economy and society spreading among G20 countries
- The right to education taken away by climate change and conflict
- Electricitiy crisis in Gambia, protests ahead of presidential election
- Panama Canal to tighten ship traffic as El Niño intensifies
- The Pacific Forum has revealed vulnerabilities to external pressure and climate
- Worsening global soil degradation
- Surge in pirate activities off the coast of Somalia, impacted by U.S.-Iran War
- Colombia’s new president officially ends “total peace”
- Afghanistan: child malnutrition surges
- Rapid increase in forest fires in Indonesia
- New Zealand: Bill to block climate lawsuits against corporations passed
- Rising crisis facing humanitarian workers
- The world’s fastest spread of HIV intensifies in Fiji
- Youth employment further deteriorates
- Amazon deforestation declines as long-term forest loss continues
- Lebanon: Abolition of the death penalty
- Liechtenstein: The integrity of financial confidentiality shaken by cyber attacks
- Cambodia: Undercover report reveals China-linked wildlife trafficking networks
- Concerns about renewed conflict in northern Ethiopia
- Massive investment urgently needed for decarbonization in the East Asia-Pacific shipping sector
- Nicaragua: Democracy and citizens’ rights under siege
- Is the slowdown in Arctic sea ice reduction an illusion?
- Africa records largest number of hungry people as global hunger declines
- Liberia’s forests are disappearing: The expansion of cocoa cultivation and complex factors at play
- Zambian democracy undermined? Allegations regarding Canadian mining giant
- Major reduction in free school meals, Indonesia
- Burkina Faso records sharp decline in malaria cases and deaths
- New momentum towards peace in Cyprus?
- Debt repayments in low- and middle-income countries far exceed education spending
- Hunger deepens in northern Nigeria
- EU Supreme Court ruling: Publishing videos from Russian broadcasters is illegal
- Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger: Formal withdrawal from the ICC
- CPJ reaffirms journalist definition after Gaza database review dispute
- Why do acid attacks on women in Pakistan continue?
- The number of drug users reaches an all-time high
- Fears of mass atrocities grow in Sudan’s El Obeid
- Solving common challenges with “global public investment”
- Bosnia’s High Representative resigns: The fragile post-war order
- Sri Lanka, a new target for cyber crime organizations
- Gold-linked mercury pollution rising: Women particularly impacted
- Connection of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline begins
- Opposition movement against Trump’s son-in-law’s resort development in Albania
- Anti-immigrant violence escalates in South Africa
- Invisible crisis of groundwater progressing on a global scale
- Protection of strike rights under UN treaties: Advisory opinion of the ICJ
- The crisis of peacekeeping operations
- World Urban Forum (WUF) ends with call to action on global housing crisis
- Anti-government protests in Bolivia, tensions rise
- Number of death penalty executions reaches record high
- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slows, but forest degradation continues
- OPCW admits concealing evidence in alleged chemical attack in Syria
- France-Africa summit held
- Oil companies profiting from war
- The marshes of Iraq are rejuvenating again
- “Indigenous health and land are indivisible” – UN forum
- World Press Freedom Day (2026)
- Mauritania’s immigration measures raise concerns of abuse
- World food crisis report warns of serious food insecurity and malnutrition
- Uganda facing crisis of glacier disappearance
- Rohingya refugee deaths crossing the sea reached record high in 2025
- Democracy defence summit held in Spain
- Possible increased antibiotic resistance in infectious diseases due to drought
- Bilderberg Conference: The secretive international network
- Chagos Islands: Agreement on return from the UK to Mauritius “paused”
- Nigeria records the highest fuel price increase in Africa
- Measles surge in Bangladesh reflects global resurgence
- Mozambique fully repays debt to the IMF
- Brazil’s electronic payment system gains popularity, conflicts with the US government
- Largest national census in the world to be conducted in India for first time in 16 years
- Increasing smoke damage and fire hotspots in Southeast Asia
- The organ trafficking industry in Pakistan
- Argentina: Large-scale demonstrations against past dictatorial regime
- Tensions rise between Eritrea and Ethiopia
- Costa Rica: Expansion of illegal gold mining
- Slowing improvement in mortality rates for children under 5
- 20% of aquaculture and fishery products are misrepresented, calls for strengthened surveillance
- 88% of SDGs in the Asia-Pacific region expected to remain unachieved
- 1 in 4 adults worldwide may lose their land
- Is the goal to halve pesticide risks by 2030 impossible to achieve?
- Explosion weapon injury fatality rate found to be 40%
- The escalating drug crisis in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Cocoa surplus is becoming problematic with decline in market prices
- The population infected with trachoma reaches a record low
- Sudan: “characteristics of genocide” reported
- Achievements and challenges of PFAS regulation
- Surge in the use of child soldiers: Colombia
- Violence against civilians increases in Nigeria
- Mongolian glaciers decreasing at fastest rate in history
- Global average of corruption perception index reaches lowest point in 10 years
- Haitian provisional President Council delegates authority to interim prime minister
- Malaysia: ban on electronic waste imports
- The Horn of Africa: Drought and expanding humanitarian crisis
- WHO: Establishing global standards for school meals
- Drug trafficking route, Ecuador
- Large-scale fighting involving civilians unfolds in South Sudan
- Iraq: The toxic legacy of Fallujah
The Mystery of Linguistic Diversity: Papua New Guinea
Of the approximately 7,000 languages that exist...
India as a Great Power: How Is It Covered in the Media?
India, a major power with a population of 1.2...
What Should Women Wear?: What Is Kyrgyzstan’s Identity?
On September 14, 2018, a video posted on a...
The Plastic Problem: What Does Media Coverage Reveal?
Global plastic waste exceeds about 300 million...
Are Refugees Really a Burden? The Hidden Benefits
When you hear the word “refugee,” what comes to...
How Are Africa’s Poverty and Its Causes Reported in the Media?
Eradicating poverty is set as the first goal of...
Suriname: Economic Crisis and a Bright Future…?
November 25, 2010. On Independence Square in...
Reporting on Saudi Arabia Without Japan
On October 2, 2018, journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
Will the Bias Continue? International News Coverage in 2017
In Japan, coverage of the world is very limited...
The Graveyard of Diplomacy: The Divided Island of Cyprus
In August 2018, Mustafa Akıncı, the leader of...
UN Reporting: What Activities Go Unreported?
The problems facing the world—conflict, poverty,...
Ethiopia’s Sweeping Reforms: Can New Prime Minister Abiy Be a Savior?
In June 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy...
Conflict or Terrorism: Which Gets More Attention?
Seventeen years have passed since the 2001...
The Perilous Sahara Crossing: Africa’s Refugee Crisis
The news of the massive influx of refugees and...
Privatizing War? The Rise of Private Military Companies
In August 2018, three Russian journalists were...
All Harm, No Benefit: The Global Tobacco Problem
There are approximately 1.1 billion smokers...
Europe in the News
What comes to mind when you think of Europe?...
Pakistan’s Hidden Conflict: Balochistan
On 2018-7-13, just ahead of Pakistan’s general...
Global Earthquakes: What Determines News Coverage?
Worldwide, an average of about 144,500 times...
Champion of Justice: When Employees Take a Stand
U.S. tech giant Google bowed to pressure. It was...
Is Colombia’s peace at risk?
Colombia had begun to open a path toward peace...
Rescue Coverage as a Suspense Drama
On July 10, 2018, the 13 boys from a Thai youth...
Animals of the World: Which Ones Make the News?
On this planet, an enormous variety of animals...
Can a People-Pleaser Survive?: Belarus’s Long-Running Dictatorship
Clapping is an act of defiance against the...
World History and International Reporting: Can We Break the Vicious Cycle?
Where does our worldview come from? Through...
From Africa: Innovations in Health and Hygiene
The “Africa” portrayed in the media may be...
LGBT: Biases in International Media Coverage and the Current Situation
In June 2015, same-sex marriage was legalized...
A Country Caught Between Regional Powers: Lebanon
In November 2017, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad...
Is Facebook a threat to democracy?
About 1.4 billion people use it every day...