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Two refugee women from Darfur, Sudan, fetch water at a camp in eastern Chad. (Photo by F. Noy/UNHCR) Photo used under CC BY

Sudanese refugees suffer food and water shortages

Rachel Hagan speaks to victims of Sudan’s brutal conflict, who have survived rape, kidnap and extreme violence to make it to Chad. But there, water and food are starting to run low.

The Independent

Daily life in Sudan as war enters its fourth year

Associated Press

Why some wars are ignored

Deutsche Welle

Sudan refugees trapped between borders, bureaucracy

Al Jazeera

Lebanon war putting pregnant women at risk

Lebanon’s healthcare system is under severe strain despite a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Thousands of displaced pregnant women are struggling to access medical services.

Deutsche Welle

Israel‑Hezbollah ceasefire holds despite sporadic clashes

Deutsche Welle

Israel ‘deliberately’ attacking Lebanon’s water

Experts say that Israel’s strikes on crucial water infrastructure and near sites being repaired after prior damage have effectively turned access to water into a weapon — and that has become a pattern in Lebanon.

Al Jazeera

Women in Brazil’s favelas learn to fight back

Gender-based violence in Brazil is not only rife, it’s growing. In a 2025 survey, 37.5% of women said they had experienced some kind of violence in the last year, compared with 28.6% in the same survey eight years earlier.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Gazans stage ‘Freedom School’ amid blockade

Children from Umm al-Khair in the occupied West Bank protest after settlers erect a fence blocking access to school.

Al Jazeera

Why is India’s Manipur burning for three years?

After three years of ethnic clashes, Manipur still remains on edge, with fears that the conflict could spiral further.

Al Jazeera

Syrian minorities refused asylum in Europe

According to the European Union Asylum Agency, 27,687 out of 38,407 Syrian asylum decisions in 2025 were negative.

Yahoo! News

US in talks to resettle 1K Afghans in DR Congo

The Trump administration is in talks with Democratic Republic of the Congo to resettle 1,100 Afghans who have been stranded in Qatar awaiting visas, according to an advocacy organization that works on their behalf.

Yahoo! News

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Millions of minorities in India stripped of vote

Millions of people in West Bengal have been stripped of their vote ahead of a critical state election, after a controversial electoral revision described as a “bloodless political genocide” and mass disenfranchisement of minorities.

Guardian

War could force Iranians in Turkey to go home

Short-term residency permits have allowed tens of thousands of Iranians to pursue economic opportunities and enjoy relative stability in Turkey. But it’s a precarious situation, and the war has raised the stakes.

Associated Press

Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz

Associated Press

Czech students protest reduced radio funding

Thousands of students marched through the Czech capital to protest against a government plan to overhaul and reduce funding for public radio and television.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Iranians leave country just to access internet

Since the beginning of the war, Iran’s government has blocked its citizens from accessing the global internet, leaving only a few phone lines and select, government-approved “white SIM” phone cards functioning.

NPR

Archaeologists find Iliad inside ancient mummy

Archaeologists have found a papyrus copy of Homer’s Iliad in the gut of an ancient Egyptian mummy, the first time ever that a Greek literary text has been found incorporated into the preservation process.

The Independent

GLOBAL HEALTH

Myanmar military widens sanitary towel ban

Myanmar’s military regime is expanding its ban on the distribution of period products, claiming they are being used to treat wounded resistance fighters, according to local activists.

Guardian

Rare earth mining puts people’s health at risk

Most of the world’s rare earth minerals are mined in Myanmar. Along Thailand’s border, mining pollutes rivers, leaves heavy metals in fish and rice, and fuels growing health complaints.

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Monarch butterflies recover despite threats

Despite climate change and habitat loss, the monarch butterfly population has rebounded — but the situation remains fragile.

Deutsche Welle

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

UN calls for solidarity, kindness amid cuts

The world needs to re-find a sense of “human solidarity and kindness” if it is to repair the damage caused by “cataclysmic” overseas aid cuts from the U.S., U.K. and other countries, the U.N.’s humanitarian chief has said.

The Independent

New push to provide 1B more with clean water

A landmark commitment to provide an additional one billion people with sustainable access to safe water by 2030 has been announced by the World Bank.

The Independent

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Iran war could create gas demand destruction

The natural gas demand destruction currently resulting from the Iran war as governments implement measures to mitigate the crisis risks becoming structural.

Yahoo! News

World’s worst energy crisis? Iran war sparks scramble for alternative to Gulf oil

YouTube

Iran war fuels crisis for Africa’s aviation sector

The Iran war is pushing up jet fuel prices, forcing African airlines to raise ticket prices, cancel flights and rethink operations to stay financially viable.

Deutsche Welle

Airlines cut routes in response to rising jet fuel costs amid Iran war

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Climate crisis poses a threat to democracy

Democracy is under mounting threat from the climate crisis, with new analysis documenting how elections are increasingly shaped not only by political forces but also by floods, wildfires and extreme weather.

Guardian

Overfishing in SE Asia is at risk of collapse

The seas of Southeast Asia have long been in decline. Since the 1950s, the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates that 70-95% of fish stocks have been depleted and are at risk of collapse.

NPR

Photographer chronicles Chernobyl’s legacy

Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the explosion and fire struck the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a two-hour drive away.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Children play at the Sarema internally displaced persons site in Sevaré, Mopti region, Mali. (Photo by Tiécoura N’Daou) Photo used under CC BY

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