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After 25 days of treatment for severe malnutrition, 6-month-old Afghan infant Marwa must still reach her target weight. (Photo by Lisa Hastert/European Union) Photo used under CC BY

Deepening hunger crisis pushes Afghans to brink

The hunger crisis in Afghanistan has grown so severe after five years of the Taliban’s rule that the U.N. is training its food aid workers to handle distress calls from starving people who say they are considering suicide.

The Independent

5 years of Taliban rule: What has changed in Afghanistan?

Deutsche Welle

UN urges support for Afghan women’s aid

Al Jazeera

Migrant children ‘at risk’ amid sexual assault cases

Proceedings are underway in three separate cases of sexual assault, including against two girls, in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta — amid warnings that 4,000 migrant children could be outside the protection system.

The Independent

Ceuta migrants struggle to survive brutal heat, freezing nights

Guardian

Nepal maternal, infant deaths up amid aid loss

The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.

Associated Press

Healthcare attacked in war zones 4 times a day

Attacks on healthcare facilities, workers and patients in conflict zones including Ukraine and Gaza have continued to rise in 2026, reaching an average ‌of more than four per day, the World Health Organization said.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Zimbabwe reckons with gender-based violence

The overseas deaths of a Bulawayo mother and her two daughters spark calls for an urgent action on gender-based violence in Zimbabwe.

Guardian

More African countries accepting US deportees

A growing number of African nations are agreeing to receive deportees from the United States. Supporters call it a practical solution, while critics call it outsourcing immigration enforcement. Here’s what you need to know.

Deutsche Welle

Tensions rise as Israeli settlers target homes

The siege of the homes is the latest episode in a wave of settler violence convulsing the occupied West Bank, which Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war and which would make up the main part of a future Palestinian state.

Associated Press

US ambassador calls settler siege of Palestinian homes a ‘horrific act of terror’

NPR

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Zambia suspends vote counting in election

Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended by the electoral authority over reports of attacks on polling officials and the theft of some ballot papers.

Associated Press

A year after protests, Serbia at a crossroads

Student protests in Serbia that erupted after a railway station canopy collapsed, killing 16, have grown into a broad social movement.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Instagram profiles fuel Ceuta crisis with advice

The BBC’s Top Comment podcast has identified dozens of Instagram profiles that portray the short swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence as safe and easy.

BBC

Astronomers discover a new black hole ‘star’

Astronomers claim to have discovered a new kind of cosmic object, a black hole “star,” which is the size of the entire solar system and glows with a brilliant red light.

Guardian

AI maps trees that can withstand heat, drought

From bark beetles to drought, forests face growing threats. Researchers are using AI and citizen science to find the trees best suited for the future.

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

DRC’s Ebola outbreak reaches a sixth province

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, Africa’s CDC said.

Associated Press

Hundreds hospitalized amid Myanmar outbreak

A sharp rise in acute diarrhea cases has been registered in Myanmar’s largest city, state media reported, adding to the strains on a country facing severe flooding and civil war.

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

People worldwide gather to witness eclipse

From beaches in Portugal and the U.K. to the French capital and a hilltop town in Spain, crowds gathered in countries across Europe to watch the solar eclipse.

Associated Press

The Gambian women turning grief into song

Known as the Kanyeleng, the women have transformed their experience of infertility and child loss through a tradition of music.

Al Jazeera

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Colombia hospitals adapt amid quake damage

Less than 72 hours into the crisis in Colombia, a combination of effective organization, plentiful volunteers and support from the national government has led local health officials to describe the situation as stable.

Al Jazeera

Hope fades in Colombia as teams dig for earthquake survivors

Al Jazeera

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Iran war is leaving Iraq running out of money

Because of the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq cannot export enough oil to fund the country’s huge public sector. Protests have already started. Will the Iran war destabilize Iraq again?

Deutsche Welle

Hormuz traffic slows further after US threatens more economic pressure on Iran

Reuters

Cuba’s worsening economic crisis hits hard

Regular power outages, expensive food and fewer tourists are squeezing Cuban families and businesses as the economy deteriorates.

Deutsche Welle

Cuba marks Fidel Castro’s 100th birthday as his shadow still shapes nation in crisis

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

South American seabirds flocking to Panama

Flocks of seabirds native to the cold, nutrient-rich waters off Peru and Chile are appearing far outside their usual range in ‌Panama Bay as a powerful El Niño warms the eastern Pacific and disrupts marine food supplies.

Reuters

The Indian floods that killed more than 100

More than 2,600 villages have been flooded in Assam this year, in a climate disaster made worse by uncontrolled deforestation and mining in the region.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Six-year-old Faiza Abdi attends an open-space school set up under a large mango tree in Somalia after severe flooding. (Photo by Abdulkadir Mohamed/European Union) Photo used under CC BY

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