LibGuides: Conflict Studies: News

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This is a collection of online resources including news sources as well as websites for International and Canadian organizations. For more information, consult this News Sources Research Guide.

World News Map

With World News Map, you can view the news on a map. Select the events that interest you or create your own map using a google account.

Current and historical newspapers databases

Factiva
Access to over 14,000 sources from 159 countries in 22 languages, including more than 400 continuously updated newswires. In addition to newspapers, magazines, and industry reports, this database also contains radio and television transcripts from BBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, NPR etc.

Use a newspaper database if you're looking for the current or historical news on a specific topic.

CBCA Complete
Canadian newspapers and magazines, mostly full text. You can search specific parts of the database (the Business section, for example) to get better results.
Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies
Included are Canadian national and leading regional papers. Some publications appear same day, others have one or two day embargoes. Beginning coverage date varies for each newspaper
LexisNexis Academic
National and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources
Eureka
News and business information from European and Canadian sources in French, and Ontario sources in English
PressDisplay
Provides access to over 2000 newspapers from 100 countries in 60 languages.
World News Digest (Facts on File)
Explores hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
Newseum
Newseum displays these front pages each day on its website of the more than 800 newspapers worldwide. The front pages are in their original, unedited form.

News websites

AlJazeera

News organization that does not focus on the U.S.

Democracy Now

Independent, non-profit media organization

International Organizations

United Nations
The official website for the United Nations.
AccessUN
Web-based index of United Nations Documents, Foreign Broadcasts and articles from newspapers from around the globe
International Court of Justice
The website for the International Court of Justice, the UN's judicial organ.
UN Peacebuilding Commission
The site for the advisory board that support peacebuilding efforts in countries in conflict.
World Health Organization
"WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards as well as monitoring and assessing health trends."
International Peace Institute
'The International Peace Institute is an independent, international not-for-profit think tank, which is dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement of conflicts between and within states by strengthening international peace and security institutions."