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Damaged tanks are seen in front of the Central Bank of Sudan building, after the Sudanese army deepened its control over Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces, in Khartoum on April 27, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2026
Surrounded by militias, Sudanese fear endless cycle of war
Sudan¡¯s army is relying on a new coalition of militias to fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, itself a militia that had come under the auspices of the state.
Farmers clean vegetables in South Omdurman, Sudan, on May, 21.
WORLD
May 26, 2026
51³Ô¹ÏÍø poses new threat to harvests in hunger-stricken Sudan
Sudan is particularly vulnerable to the fallout from the Iran crisis as it relies on the Persian Gulf for more than half of its fertilizer needs, according to U.N. ?data.
A Sudanese rape survivor holds her child conceived following the ordeal she suffered in the Sudanese capital during the civil war, at an apartment in Khartoum on April 25.
WORLD / Society
May 13, 2026
¡®Not my son¡¯s fault¡¯: The women bearing the children of Sudan¡¯s war rapes
Rape is being used as a weapon ¡°of war, dominance, destruction and genocide¡± in Sudan ¡°to destroy the fabric of society and change its makeup,¡± one U.N. special rapporteur says.
An Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Monday. Conflict and violence were responsible for 32.3 million people newly fleeing within their own countries last year, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the Norwegian Refugee Council said Tuesday.
WORLD
May 12, 2026
Conflict created more internal displacement than disasters last year: monitors
With new wars underway this year adding to numerous entrenched conflicts around the world, more displacement driven by violence can be expected.
Heavily damaged aircraft are seen at Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 28.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2026
Ethiopia and Sudan accuse each other of attacks
A civil war has engulfed Sudan since 2023, while neighboring Ethiopia faces multiple insurgencies across its territory.
A Sudanese girl, who lost her right arm due to injuries sustained in the civil war, leaves an elementary school run by the Sudanese Coalition for Education in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in the south of Port Sudan, on April 26.
WORLD / Society
May 4, 2026
Sudanese schoolchildren race to make up for years lost to war
Some 8 million children in Sudan are currently out of school, according to UNICEF.
U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2026
Britain to bar study visas for four nations and halt Afghan work visas
Prime Minister Keir Starmer¡¯s government has sought to show it is tightening immigration as the populist Reform U.K. party gains ground in opinion polls.
A displaced woman looks on as people attend a community health session at a U.N. refugee camp in Bor, Jonglei State in South Sudan, earlier this month.
WORLD
Feb 27, 2026
Civilian death toll in Sudan war more than doubled in 2025, U.N. says
Since April 2023, Sudan has been embroiled in a conflict between the army and the Rapid Support Forces that has killed tens of thousands and displaced 11 million people.
A woman from El-Fasher cries after learning about the killing of her son and brother, in a camp in Al-Dabbah, Sudan, on Nov. 3, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
U.N. decries ¡®preventable human rights catastrophe¡¯ in Sudan¡¯s El-Fasher
The conflict has been ongoing since April 2023, killing tens of thousands of people, displacing millions more and triggering one of the world¡¯s worst humanitarian crises.
Since April 2023, the conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands, displaced 11 million and triggered what the United Nations calls one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
WORLD
Feb 6, 2026
Famine spreading in Sudan¡¯s Darfur, U.N.-backed experts warn
A grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces has left millions hungry, displaced and cut off from aid.
A woman checks her phone on a hill in Tehran on Oct. 2, 2025. Iran was plunged into a nationwide internet blackout on Jan. 8.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2026
The countries wielding internet blackouts to muzzle dissent
Iran¡¯s move to cut internet access during ongoing mass protests, along with Uganda¡¯s Tuesday ahead of controversial elections, are just the latest examples of the tactic.
Sudanese displaced from the Heglig area in western Sudan wait to receive humanitarian aid at the Abu al-Naga displacement Camp in the Gedaref State, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum on Dec. 30.
WORLD
Jan 7, 2026
Sudanese flee across border and back to escape overrun oil town
Since capturing the army¡¯s last stronghold in Darfur in October, the Rapid Support Forces and its allies have pushed deeper into neighboring Kordofan.
Several trucks full of Sudanese refugees from various parts of north Darfur, including El-Fasher, drive toward a refugee camp in eastern Chad on Nov. 28.
WORLD
Dec 30, 2025
From the Andes to Darfur: Colombians lured to Sudan¡¯s killing fields
Hundreds were drawn in with the promise of Emirati paychecks. What many found instead was death in a faraway war marked by mass killing, rape, famine and child recruitment.
Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces fighters in the East Nile district of greater Khartoum in 2023
WORLD / Politics
Dec 29, 2025
Sudanese trek through mountains to escape Kordofan fighting
The Rapid Support Forces and their allies have in recent weeks descended in full force on oil-rich Kordofan, which is held by the Sudanese army, forcing tens of thousands to flee.
Displaced Palestinians walk along a road in the Saftawi area of Jabalia as they leave areas near Gaza City, where they had taken refuge, toward the northern part of the Gaza Strip, on Jan. 19.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2025
Building peace together in a world of conflict
It is too easy to turn away from conflicts where there is no simple solution, but the spirit of international cooperation demands we work together to find answers and provide hope.
(Left to right) French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after a news conference during a meeting of the ¡°Coalition of the willing,¡± in Kyiv on May 10
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2025
¡®Never again,¡¯ and yet here we are again
The promise not to repeat the mistakes that led to World War II has for decades shaped international institutions and security policy, but now, this motto¡¯s influence has waned.
Sudanese refugee children watch the sunset in the Tine transit camp amid the conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Army, in eastern Chad on Nov. 23.
WORLD
Dec 7, 2025
Drone strikes on Sudan kindergarten and hospital kill dozens, local official says
Since April 2023, the army and the paramilitary RSF have been locked in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands and displaced nearly 12 million.
Israa Mukhtar, a witness of an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April on Relief International's medical clinic in Sudan's Zamzam camp, sits inside a tent, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on June 13.
WORLD / Society
Dec 1, 2025
Hospital massacre caps long series of attacks on health care in war-torn Sudan
Attacks on health care intensified after the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary besieged al-Fashir in April 2024 amid a civil war against the Sudanese Armed Forces.
Displaced girls stand in line as they wait for their turn to receive aid in Al-Dabbah, Sudan, on Nov. 15.
WORLD
Nov 26, 2025
Sudan¡¯s displaced and exhausted doctors treat fellow El-Fasher survivors
Both warring sides in Sudan have repeatedly and deliberately targeted doctors and hospitals throughout the two-year conflict.
A Sudanese woman walks past graves of people killed during clashes in Omdurman, Sudan on March 20.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2025
Scramble for Sudan¡¯s resources fuels brutal civil war
The conflict between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has escalated in recent weeks with the RSF¡¯s capture of the major city of El-Fasher in Darfur.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
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Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
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Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
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The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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