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A first-hand account from the frontline of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and Chad

5:34pm February 08, 2024

We hear rare eyewitness testimony from Darfur, one of the worlds unseen and often forgotten conflicts — which has resulted in the largest child displacement crisis in the world.

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Yemen's reaction to the Houthi attacks on ships that have drawn U.S. strikes

5:15pm February 08, 2024

by Fatma Tanis

Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea have drawn U.S. strikes in Yemen, dredging up traumatic memories of the country's recent civil war. But many Yemenis still support the attacks.

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Pakistan voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station in Pakistan's general election on Feb. 8, in Wahgrian, Pakistan. The elections have direct implications for Pakistan's global credibility, particularly in strategic and economic relationships.

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Pakistanis wait for election results

5:08pm February 08, 2024

Thursday's general elections came amid economic woes and continued political polarization. After voting began, authorities cut mobile phone and internet services, citing "deteriorating security."

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Boris Nadezhdin, a liberal Russian politician who is seeking to run in the March 17 presidential election, laughs during a meeting of the Russia's Central Election Commission in Moscow, Thursday.

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A Russian anti-war politician is blocked from running against Putin

4:26pm February 08, 2024

by The Associated Press

Russian election authorities rejected Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month's presidential balloting.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi attends an event for Statehood Day in Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv, July 28, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he met with Zaluzhnyi and told him it's time for someone new to lead the army.

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy replaces the army's leader almost 2 years into war with Russia

3:59pm February 08, 2024

by The Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi for his two years of service as commander-in-chief and appointed Сol. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi to lead the army.

It's no surprise there's a global measles outbreak. But the numbers are 'staggering'

11:35am February 08, 2024

by Fran Kritz

That's the adjective used by the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Global Immunization Division. Can the world bring this outbreak under control?

Illustration for story on conflict-related sexual violence.

Sexual violence is an ancient and often unseen war crime. Is it inevitable?

11:32am February 08, 2024

by Jill Langlois

"Conflict-related sexual violence" is as old as the Bible and as topical as current wars around the world. We talk to three experts about why it persists, why it's underreported and how to stop it.

Displaced Palestinians flee from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 30.

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In Gaza, anger grows at Hamas along with fury at Israel

9:37am February 08, 2024

Gazans are increasingly voicing their anger at Hamas' handling of the war and the heavy costs civilians have paid.

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Rostislav Lavrov (left) and Ksenia Koldin were abducted from Ukraine during the war with Russia.

Taken by Russia, then rescued, young Ukrainians speak out

6:56am February 08, 2024

The charity Save Ukraine brought young Ukrainians to Washington D.C. to tell Congress about being abducted by Russia.

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Covers of You Dreamed of Empires, Confrontations and A Woman of Pleasure.

Books from Mexico, Netherlands, and Japan bring rewrites of history, teen tales

6:01am February 08, 2024

by Lily Meyer

Books from writers Álvaro Enrigue, Simone Atangana Bekono, and Kiyoko Murata may not come from the same place — but they still work in conversation with each other.