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Dozens dead, hundreds missing in Kenya starvation cult case
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An ongoing investigation into a suspected religious cult in southeastern Kenya whose followers were allegedly told to starve themselves has led to the discovery of dozens of bodies. The death [Read More…]

Russian cinemas show Disney movies despite boycott over Ukraine war
Fuse/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At a movie theatre in central Moscow this month, people had come to watch an illicit film. It wasn’t a documentary about the war in Ukraine or political persecution under [Read More…]

Russian cinemas show Disney movies despite boycott over Ukraine war
Fuse/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At a movie theatre in central Moscow this month, people had come to watch an illicit film. It wasn’t a documentary about the war in Ukraine or political persecution under [Read More…]

Iowa woman on her husband’s 50-hour journey home to his family from Sudan conflict
Jacy Bunnell Ahmed (NEW YORK) — Mohamed Ahmed went back to Sudan for the first time in 13 years for his father’s funeral earlier this month. He was scheduled to come back to his family [Read More…]

Iowa woman on her husband’s 50-hour journey home to his family from Sudan conflict
Jacy Bunnell Ahmed (NEW YORK) — Mohamed Ahmed went back to Sudan for the first time in 13 years for his father’s funeral earlier this month. He was scheduled to come back to his family [Read More…]

Couple’s elderly parents who were caught in Sudanese conflict crossfire now in Egypt
Family Handout (NEW YORK) — Family members of two U.S. citizens who were trapped in Sudan and had to endure major obstacles to leave the country are grateful they’re now in Egypt. Imad, a Bay [Read More…]

Taliban kills suspected ISIS-K mastermind of Kabul airport bombing: US officials
Yagi Studio/Getty Images (AFGHANISTAN) — The terrorist allegedly responsible for planning the August 2021 bombing at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans was himself killed by [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia pushes passports on occupied Ukraine
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]

As Sudan cease-fire announced, some Americans still struggling to escape
State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy/ Public Domain (WASHINGTON) — After intense negotiations, the Sudanese Armed Forces & Rapid Support Forces had agreed to implement a 72-hour cease-fire across the country beginning at midnight Monday, [Read More…]

Sudan conflict sparks mass exodus of foreigners as locals remain trapped in crossfire
kdow/Getty Images (LONDON) — Fighting in Sudan between forces loyal to two rival generals has triggered a mass exodus of foreigners, while locals struggle to escape. A number of countries — including the United States, [Read More…]

US embassy staff in Sudan evacuated in ‘fast and clean’ operation amid fighting
ABC News (KHARTOUM, Sudan) — Under pitch black conditions and amid fighting, U.S. military forces swooped into war-torn Sudan in two Chinook helicopters and evacuated the American embassy in a “fast and clean” operation, military [Read More…]

‘We are holding on’: Scars of war visible near the front in eastern Ukraine
ABC News (KOSTYANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE) — Alina Ivanchenko and her 9-year-old daughter, Zlata, waited as long as they could before leaving the city of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine. Preparing to leave the relative safety of the [Read More…]

Sudan fighting persists on Eid holiday despite 72-hour cease-fire announcement
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (LONDON) — Deadly clashes in Sudan between forces loyal to two rival generals appeared to continue Friday, despite one side’s pledge to adhere to a three-day truce on humanitarian grounds. The Rapid Support [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: 79 missiles reportedly fired at Kherson in 24 hours
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]

Dead bodies line the streets amid fighting in Sudan; American confirmed among fatalities
Omer Erdem/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (KHARTOUM, Sudan) — Dead bodies lined the streets of the Sudan capital of Khartoum, as intense fighting between the Sudanese military and Rapid Support Forces continued for a sixth day. [Read More…]

South Korea exporting arms to Poland amid controversy over lethal aid to Ukraine
ABC News (SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korea’s presidential office confirmed that the ongoing machine gun bullets, battle tank shell, and reactive armor exports deal to Poland will continue as planned amid controversy after President [Read More…]

Dead bodies line the streets of Sudan’s capital as fighting enters 6th day
Omer Erdem/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (KHARTOUM, Sudan) — Dead bodies lined the streets of the Sudan capital of Khartoum, as intense fighting between the Sudanese military and Rapid Support Forces continued for a sixth [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: 79 missiles reportedly fired at Kherson in 24 hours
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]

South Korea exporting arms to Poland amid controversy over lethal aid to Ukraine
ABC News (SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korea’s presidential office confirmed that the ongoing machine gun bullets, battle tank shell, and reactive armor exports deal to Poland will continue as planned amid controversy after President [Read More…]

Sea level rise could wash away turtle breeding grounds around the world, researchers say
Salim Tas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sea level rise is likely presenting more threats to an already vulnerable marine species, according to new research. As waters from the ocean push further and further [Read More…]