Did Hakeem Jeffries overstate share of veterans using food stamps?
Evidence shows Jeffries’s statement that about 20 percent of veteran households rely on food stamps is mostly false.
Evidence shows Jeffries’s statement that about 20 percent of veteran households rely on food stamps is mostly false.
The UN faces a historic crisis as aid is slashed, staff are laid off, and millions worldwide risk losing urgent support.
Attorney Areva Martin breaks down Diddy’s first court day, analysing the proceedings and key evidence presented so far.
US president declares sanctions have ‘served their purpose’ and this gives Syria ‘a chance at greatness’.
White Afrikaaner South Africans demonstrate in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 15.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa —A group of 59 white Afrikaners who have been given refugee status by the Trump administration arrived at Dulles airport outside Washington, D.C., on Monday on a charter flight paid for by the U.S. government.
Africa First Afrikaners granted refugee status due to arrive in U.S. The Afrikaners, descendants of mainly Dutch colonists, left Johannesburg on Sunday night. They were seen at the airport in Johannesburg with carts full of suitcases, but declined to speak to the media. They are being greeted by U.S. officials and are expected to give a news conference shortly.
One document seen by NPR said there would be food and “items for the children” upon arrival. It said the refugee services office of the Catholic diocese of Virginia would ..
May 9, 20256:23 PM ET
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It’s been more than two years since civil war exploded in Sudan.
By some estimates the conflict has killed as many as 150-thousand people, and displaced millions more.
In April, NPR International Correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu gained rare access to the capital city, Khartoum. He reports on how the once vibrant city of 6 million has been ravaged by war.
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May 8, 202510:22 PM ET
Afrikaan South Africans supporting US President Donald Trump and South African and US tech billionaire Elon Musk gather in front of the US Embassy in Pretoria, on February 15, 2025 for a demonstration.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The U.S. government has officially granted 54 Afrikaans South Africans, white descendants of mainly Dutch colonizers, refugee status and they are expected to land in the U.S. on Monday May 12, three sources with knowledge of the matter have told NPR. The sources did not want to be named because they work for the U.S. government and fear for their careers.
U.S. authorities on Thursday were trying to arrange a charter flight that would bring the South Africans to Dulles Airport near Washington, D.C., on Monday morning, but it’s not clear if they will be allowed to land there. If that is not possible then they will be sent on ..
The Trump administration carved out an exception to its refugee ban for white South Africans. But other groups, including Afghans who helped U.S. forces during the war in their country, are being shut out.
The first group of Afrikaners have arrived in the United States, claiming they were victims of persecution or had reason to fear persecution in their home country.
Dozens of Afrikaners who claim discrimination in their home country flew out of Johannesburg on Sunday. Their departure for the U.S. came as the Trump administration was halting virtually all refugee admissions.
Ms. Kouoh had recently been named to oversee next year’s Venice Biennale. She died just days before she was scheduled to announce its theme and title.
Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease.
When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value,” whether an archbishop or an unordained believer.
A mother’s call for justice has challenged a culture of shame and inspired a nationwide movement to tackle the crisis of sexual violence.
The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.
He shared an Emmy for his reporting on “Nightline” about South Africa’s policy of racial segregation. The National Association of Black Journalists named him journalist of the year.
Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,” one scientist said.
But big questions remain about what happens next.
The United States and European Union must step up for reform.
On his journey from urban guerrilla to tortured prisoner to elected president, the world also changed him.
If Trump were interested in ending the war, he would pressure Putin now.
A softer communication approach may have helped the Geneva talks.
To many Indian Muslims, the Waqf Amendment Act looks like a calculated attempt to disempower their community.
Brussels and London should go big on siphoning American science and technology talent.
After a terrorist attack in Kashmir, everyone knew that India would retaliate. Nobody quite understood how.
Tokyo is ready to play hardball in trade negotiations
The Kurdish group’s announcement concludes one of the longest conflicts in the region.
‘Who Killed Shireen?’ documentary from Zeteo uncovers name of Israeli soldier who is now dead.
Israel bombed Sanaa airport and Hodeidah port after Houthi missiles hit near Tel Aviv, prompting fears of wider war.
The deal marks the first trade agreement by the US since President Donald Trump imposed a universal 10-percent tariff.
He has taken the name Pope Leo XI and imparted a blessing from the roofed area of the basilica to the crowds.
President Xi Jinping called for closer bilateral relations with Russia and reaffirmed China’s support for the country.
Israeli military repurposes the drones to bomb hospitals and shelters in Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Sanad investigation finds.
Honour Francis’s vision for 2025 by cancelling unjust debts and funding climate action in the Global South.
Trump aims to drum up financial support for the US with his Middle East trip, but Iran and Gaza also hang in the balance.
UK and US leaders to hold separate media events outlining Donald Trump’s first trade deal since global tariffs move.
The makers of new documentary ‘Who Killed Shireen?’ say they have identified the Israeli soldier who shot her.
May 8, 20254:08 AM ET
NPR speaks with Katya Schwenk, a reporter at investigative news outlet “The Lever,” about a memo outlining the Trump administration’s use of a refugee fund to resettle white South Africans in the U.S.
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The Trump administration is planning to deport migrants without legal status to Libya, a country long plagued by armed conflict, a U.S. official has confirmed to NPR.
However, Libyan officials — for both the factions controlling separate areas of the divided country — denied they were in talks with the U.S., according to Reuters.
The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the plans, but the news comes days after reports that Trump was eyeing the North African nation — as well as other African countries including Benin, Angola and Eswatini — as places to send deportees.
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Meantime, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that deporting noncitizens to Libya without due process would violate his existing court order. U.S. District Jud..
May 7, 20254:11 AM ET
Sudan’s temporary capital city, Port Sudan, previously a safe haven during the country’s two-year civil war, has come under attack for the first time by a series of drone strikes for consecutive days.
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May 6, 20255:12 PM ET
A glimpse inside the shattered city of Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, destroyed by the two-year conflict and now in the process of trying to recover.
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Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, on Tuesday.
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Sudan’s temporary capital city, Port Sudan, previously a safe haven during the country’s two-year civil war, has come under attack for the first time by a series of drone strikes for consecutive days.
World Sudan’s war is 2 years in and shows no signs of slowing, as talks take placeThe strikes, launched by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for the third day, attacked a terminal at the city’s airport overnight on Tuesday. All flights have been grounded, local officials told NPR.
The popular Marina Hotel, opposite the newly built presidential palace, and the city went without power, eyewitnesses said. Possible casualty numbers were not immediately clear.
The strikes on Tuesday followed attacks on a military warehouse near the airport, civilian infrastructure and an oil depot on th..
May 6, 20254:26 AM ET
Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe speaks during a Declaration of Principles signing ceremony with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Congo’s Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner on April 25 at the State Department in Washington.
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Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehetold Rwandan state TV that his government was in “early talks” with Washington regarding taking in third-country nationals deported from the U.S.
Africa Rwanda faces growing pressure for role in Democratic Republic of Congo conflict”We are now in talks with the U.S. about a deal on migration,” he said, confirming days of rumors.
Nduhungirehe said plans weren’t concrete yet, but noted that Rwanda has experience in taking in migrants, saying, “it’s not the first time that we’d be engaging in such a kind of deal.”
Asked to confirm the comments, the U.S. State Department told NPR only that “ongoi..
April 30, 20253:00 AM ET
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People hold handmade signs at a Stand up for Science rally protesting the Trump administration’s science policies and federal job cuts on Friday, March 7, 2025, in Chicago.
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In its first 100 days, the Trump administration — and specifically, the Department of Government Efficiency — shuttered agencies and slashed budgets pertaining to foreign aid, scientific research, food safety, and more.
How will this impact people’s health and well-being both in the U.S., and around the world?
To answer that question, we’re calling in our colleagues: global health correspondent Gabrielle Emmanuel and health policy reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin. They break down what cuts to sc..
April 29, 202512:39 PM ET
Community health worker Geoffrey Chanda used to distribute HIV medications to long-haul truck drivers and sex workers at truck stops like this one near the border of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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On a morning in early April, Geoffrey Chanda’s phone was going off almost constantly. Truck drivers were calling him.
“They are crying: ‘We’ve got no [HIV] medicine. Where do you get [it] from?’ ” says Chanda, 54.
For 15 years, Chanda has been meeting truckers in dusty parking lots at the border of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to give them their HIV medications. Now, he says, he doesn’t know what to tell them.
He’s lost his job as a community health worker. The U.S.-funded program he worked for — which supported the mobile clinic where he collected the medications for distribution — shut down.
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April 26, 20258:54 AM ET
Sudan’s capital city Khartoum has been liberated after more than two years of civil war. But as NPR’s Emmanuel Akinwotu witnessed when he travelled there, it has been left in ruins.
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April 25, 20251:41 PM ET
Angeline Murimirwa of Zimbabwe has really racked up kudos for her work as head of CAMFED, a charity that has enabled millions of girls in five African countries to stay in school — and thrive with the help of mentors. Murimirwa is one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2025. Above: She accepts an award at Rihanna’s 3rd Annual Diamond Ball in 2017.
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I don’t mean to humble brag, but I am on a first name basis with one of the most influential people in the world (according to the new list from Time magazine).
It’s not Serena Williams. It’s not Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
It’s Angeline Murimirwa, who goes by “Angie.”
I interviewed Angie back in 2018 in a pub in Oxford. We were attending the Skoll World Forum – a yearly gathering of social activists and advocates. She was then Africa director of CAMFED — the Campaign for Female Education)..
Exaggerated claims of military success—amplified by the two countries’ media—could help each side save face.
The aircraft India and Pakistan use to strike each other tell a story of key geopolitical shifts.
The country’s civil society leaders must be at the forefront of postwar reconstruction.
A proposal to reprise a Reagan-era currency agreement has serious flaws.
International law nullifies any treaty coerced by force—like Moscow has deployed since 2014.
After freeing itself from a dependence on the region’s oil, the United States should not sign up for the same with AI.
With 29 foreign leaders in attendance, Moscow is hoping to demonstrate that Western isolation efforts have largely failed.
New Delhi aims to root out cross-border terrorism, but it risks fueling discontent.
A refined approach can keep democracy in the lead.
Officials in New Delhi and Islamabad have remained sanguine, but there is still reason to fear extreme escalation.
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Pope Francis chose to not remain silent on the suffering of the Palestinian people.
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Tension is rising in South Sudan after the vice president is put under house arrest.
Video shows masked and plain-clothed US federal agents detaining a Turkish PhD student from Tufts University.
American doctors who volunteered in Gaza report witnessing disturbing pattern of children shot by the Israeli military.
Europe increased its imports of Russian gas last year, says Ember, putting billions into Putin’s Ukraine war chest.
The Sudanese army hopes big wins in the capital can signal a turning point in the conflict with the paramilitary RSF.
France urges multilateralism and deepened ties with China amid trade and security tensions with the US.
A new documentary, ‘The Encampments’ is shedding new light on the US college protests against the Gaza genocide.
Video shows Mount Kilauea, Hawaii’s most active volcano, launching fountains of molten lava up to 180 metres high.
US officials accidentally leaked Yemen attack plans in Signal chat shared with The Atlantic editor-in-chief.
Angel Maria Villar was replaced by Luis Rubiales in 2017 but now faces corruption and embezzlement charges.
The vessel was said to be carrying more than 40 tourists near the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country back into civil war.
The burial chamber most likely belonged to a ruler in a line of kings once lost to history, researchers said. “It’s a new chapter in investigating this dynasty,” one noted.
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
The Syrian government wants peace with its neighbors. Israel has other ideas.
The White House continues to downplay the incident even after the Atlantic publishes the full text conversation.
The White House continues to downplay the incident even after the Atlantic publishes the full text conversation.
South Asia Brief on limited U.S. engagement with the regime in Kabul.
The new approach, including the first known visit by U.S. officials to Kabul since 2021, comes down to transactionalism.
Cutting off independent media abroad leaves the United States vulnerable at home.
That, and a little costly, preemptive surrender.
The U.S. president’s Greenland obsession may reflect strategic concerns.
A Kennedy-era initiative may be a necessity in the age of Trump.
What does Washington’s assertive approach mean for Beijing’s regional influence?
In his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, March 4th, the President…
Egypt has proposed a new plan to end Israel’s war on Gaza.
Local rights groups accuse military of carrying out attack as army spokesperson says civilians not targeted.
A hospital bombed, civilians targeted, journalists killed. These are 24 hours’ worth of Israeli atrocities in Gaza.
These three Palestinian activists refuse to leave their homes despite Israeli violence.
Americans’ short-term expectations for income, business and the job market also fell over worries about tariffs, prices.
Hossam Shabat’s mother mourns her son’s death, calling him a hero who gave his life to reveal Gaza’s horror.
The violence in the border area marks increased friction between Israel and Syria.
Reuters has reported the US called for the destruction of chemical weapons and a ban on foreign fighters in top roles.
Indonesia move clear in fourth spot in Group C of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Asia with 1-0 win against Bahrain.
Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, had been detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
March 25, 20252:31 PM ET
Susan Anderson began using skin lightening creams at age 12. Now 52, she has stopped using the products but her skin shows the damage they caused.
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Susan Anderson, age 52, sits in the corner of a sunlit waiting room at a dermatology clinic in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. Dark patches of skin, dotted with brighter pigments, surround her eyes and cover her cheeks.
“It used to be much worse,” she says, scrolling through pictures of her face on her phone, taken more than a year ago, when the blotches were raw and parts of her skin seared pink. Doctors who first saw her said it looked as if she had first-degree burns.
The first time Anderson used a skin whitening cream she was 12. Her stepmother gave it to her but didn’t tell her what it was for. “She never explained it to me,” she says. “I just felt it was a normal cream, and I was using them. I was naïve and I was vulnerable.”
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The bombing in a crowded market, which monitors called a likely war crime, was a grim reminder of the brutal toll caused by both sides in the two-year civil war.
L. Brent Bozell III, who must be confirmed by the Senate, would be stepping into the role at a time when relations between South Africa and the United States are at a low point.
On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns.
A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil war broke out two years ago. The scale of how much has been lost was inescapable.
Half a century ago, the “Rumble in the Jungle” became not just a fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali, but a cultural touchstone.
After decades in office, Turkey’s president has put his country in an impossible position.
The White House wants to acquire the mineral-rich island, but European authorities are refusing to back down.
A key survey of top U.S. businesspeople underscores significant concerns about the economy.
A more aggressive and unilateral approach leaves less room for diplomacy.
The Yemeni militants are deeply entangled in great-power politics.
Radmila Shekerinska offers North Macedonia a chance to shape NATO’s strategic direction from within.
Russia’s quiet land policies could determine the fate of peace in Ukraine—and beyond.
A series of perceived betrayals has shaken the clerical establishment’s “hard base.”
“Billionaire Rule” examines how the super-rich are converging on government worldwide.
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Pakistan says all fighters killed overnight in North Waziristan while urging Afghan government to secure its borders.
Ebrahim Rasool addresses supporters, calling his persona non grata status a badge of dignity after his US expulsion.
A Turkish court has ordered Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to be held in jail ahead of a trial on corruption charges.
Police said the attack was carried out by suspected al-Shabab fighters who launched an assault at dawn.
Ricaurte Vasquez defends Panama’s sovereignty as Trump pledges to reclaim the canal, raising fears of US intervention.
Number of people killed tops 50,000 as Israel intensifies attacks on Gaza, causing further suffering to Palestinians.
In this Fact Check, Al Jazeera’s @khalidmajzoubofficial looks at recent events in Syria and what did and didn’t happen
The right is trying to take ideological control over US higher education under the guise of fighting anti-Semitism.
Israel has killed top Hamas official Salah al-Bardawil and his family in an air strike that targeted his tent in Gaza.
Pope Francis waved to well-wishers from a hospital balcony in Rome as doctors were to discharge him after treatment.
March 22, 20258:08 AM ET
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Another conflict is looming in the world’s youngest country, South Sudan, whichgained independence from Sudan in 2011 and saw civil war erupt shortly after its foundation.
A tenuouspower-sharing deal is teetering on the brink. An evacuation of non-emergency U.S. government employees is underway, and the United Nations has warned of a “regression” amid political infighting and escalating militia violence.
On Saturday, the German government was the latest to temporarily close its embasy in the capital Juba. “After years of fragile peace, South Sudan is once again on the brink of civil war,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock posted on social media.
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March 22, 20258:05 AM ET
Sudan’s military forces have retaken the country’s seat of government after nearly two years of Civil War. Could this be a turning point?
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March 21, 20257:38 AM ET
Sudanese army members film themselves inside the presidential palace, as the Sudanese army says they have taken control of the building, in Khartoum, Sudan, March 21, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.
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Sudan’s army recaptured the presidential palace on Friday, marking a significant turning point in a brutal two-year civil war, which has killed as many as 150,000 people and displaced 12 million.
Footage released by the Sudanese army showed triumphant soldiers brandishing their rifles in the air and cheering in the battered grounds of the palace after days of intense fighting with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who had occupied Sudan’s seat of power since the war erupted in April 2023.
Through a megaphone in the complex, soldiers announced “The republican palace has now returned to the arms of the homeland” in footage posted on local Sudanese media. ..
March 20, 20259:52 PM ET
Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has had an eventful career, from the pool, to parliament.
The country’s former dictator, Robert Mugabe, called her “a golden girl,” while the man who deposed him in a coup — Emmerson “the Crocodile” Mnangagwa – appointed her his minister of sports.
Now the 41-year-old is taking on a whole new role, after beingvoted in on Thursday as the first female — and first African — president of the International Olympic Committee [IOC]. She’s also the youngest.
“The young girl who first started swimming in Zimbabwe all those years ago could never have dreamt of this moment,” she said after winning a majority 49 of 97 votes, and ..
Exploring an image of Sgt. Maj. Ismail Hassan of the Sudanese Army at a sniper position in a luxury apartment block across the Blue Nile from Sudan’s presidential palace.
The gallery selling the work, which resurfaced at the TEFAF Maastricht art fair, says a major museum is negotiating to buy it.
Two years into a civil war, troops recaptured the palace in Khartoum, routing a paramilitary foe. Civilians have been trapped in the middle in a city with an apocalyptic air.
Reporting from the frontline, The New York Times’s Africa chief correspondent, Declan Walsh, details the fierce struggle for the bridges over the Nile and its tributaries that divide the Sudanese capital.
The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, threatening the sovereignty of the biggest country in sub-Saharan Africa.
Geopolitical flash points, from Nauru to Greenland.
But growing public dissent could hinder Israel’s wartime and political efforts.
Regional reactions are muted as countries pick their battles with Washington.
Palestine has taken center stage in the U.S. leader’s crackdown on students.
A new book from Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson could be a lost manifesto for a second Democratic administration.
Scholars are increasingly making the case for reviving modernization theory.
Cuts to foreign assistance and a fragile cease-fire have made the urgent work more dangerous.
Canceling legal status would be a moral and strategic mistake that weakens America’s global standing.
“Picnic at Hanging Rock” has kept audiences guessing for 50 years.
Russia, Ukraine swap 372 prisoners of war as US president says efforts to negotiate ceasefire are ‘very much on track’.
Fraud costs $521bn annually while Social Security grapples with worker shortages and rising beneficiary numbers.
Judge Jesse Furman says effort to deport Palestinian rights advocate is ‘exceptional’ and requires ‘careful’ review.
Even as the war rages on, Ukrainians are reassured that the US president did not bend to Russia’s ceasefire demands.
US President Donald Trump has unveiled a new ‘self-deportation’ app called CBP Home.
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Putin agreed to a 30-day halt of attacks on energy infrastructure during a call with Trump.
Israel’s renewed attacks on Gaza has killed more than 400 people, including children. Here are some of their stories.
After al-Assad’s fall, Alaa Yahya leads a humanitarian effort in Damascus to rebuild and reunite Syria.
A far-right campaign to demolish the Mughal emperor’s mosque has set off Hindu-Muslim riots in Nagpur city.
March 18, 20255:30 PM ET
Rwanda is widely believed to be backing the rebel group that’s taken over much of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the past two months. The DRC has asked groups to sever ties with Rwanda.
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March 18, 20254:38 AM ET
Rwanda is widely believed to be backing the rebel group that’s taken over much of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the past two months. The DRC has asked groups to sever ties with Rwanda.
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March 17, 20256:32 PM ET
Thousands of USAID contracts have been cut. African health leaders say the cuts aren’t surprising. But the lack of advanced warning has turned the lives of the already vulnerable upside down.
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A refugee mother and child from the Tigray region of Ethiopia wait to receive basic medical attention from an understaffed clinic run by the Sudanese Ministry of Health with assistance from Doctors Without Borders located in the east Sudanese border village of Hamdayet on Dec. 6, 2020.
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The Trump administration has moved aggressively to cut U.S. foreign aid, canceling 83% of aid contracts on March 10, a decision that has already halted critical health programs in Africa and beyond.
On Feb. 3, President Trump said that USAID was run by ‘radical left lunatics’ and accused the agency of “tremendous fraud,” though he did not provide any details.” Trump also accused the aid agency of stealing “BILLIONS OF DOLLARS” in a post on Truth Social.
Now, the White House is pushing to rescind the$58.4 billion appropriated for the current fiscal year, with many of these cuts being fought in court. A federal judge ru..
After talks in Qatar, the two countries’ presidents said they were committed to an unconditional truce between Congo’s army and a rebel group that Rwanda denies backing.
A researcher at a South African base in Antarctica has been accused of physical assault and sexual harassment. South Africa said it had no immediate plans to remove the accused or any colleagues.
Just weeks after the U.S. government suspended its work in massive foreign aid cuts announced in January, humanitarians say much of the damage to critical programs has already been done.
Belgium, Rwanda’s former colonial ruler, pushed for the European Union to impose sanction against Rwandan officials over their role in invading eastern Congo and plundering its mineral wealth.
An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace deal looks ever more fragile.
East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.
Housekeepers from East Africa suffer beatings, starvation and sexual assault in Saudi Arabia. Here’s what else we learned about the cross-border trade in domestic workers.
With U.S. commitment in question, armed neutrality is the most feasible option.
Vast U.S. human capital is now available. Europe—and the future trans-Atlantic relationship—could benefit.
A rift within the TPLF has renewed the risk of a large interstate conflict.
The Argentine leader left Washington empty-handed, but geopolitics could still tilt in his favor.
An acidic waste spill from a Chinese-owned copper mine has contaminated the country’s most important waterway.
The likelihood of the cease-fire being salvaged in the near future appears extremely low.
However, the Kremlin rejected a U.S. proposal for a wider truce.
The Kremlin agreed to pause strikes on “energy and infrastructure” in Ukraine but rejected a wider truce.
Modern autocrats don’t openly declare their intention to kill democracy but erode it stealthily over time.
It’s unclear what the U.S. president’s ultimate aims are—or whether increased military action will be enough to neutralize the Houthi threat.
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The pontiff was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital in February for double pneumonia.
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Yemeni health officials say nine civilians killed in US bombardment, days after Houthis vowed to resume maritime attacks
Delhi lose third straight final as Mumbai wins by eight runs.
The raids take place in the Mohmand and Dera Ismail Khan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bordering Afghanistan.
Eleven people are dead in Missouri, and Arkansas declares a state of emergency after three killed.
The attack targets a relief team in the north of the enclave that was accompanied by journalists and photographers.
Syrian flags and revolutionary songs fill the streets on a day of celebrating hope and sacrifice.
Latest grid collapse follows a string of nationwide blackouts in recent months.
“Remember, scholars were saying Syria was on the verge of becoming a failed state.”
March 15, 20252:11 PM ET
South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool speaks at the South African Embassy in Washington, Dec. 6, 2013.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he’s kicking out the new Ambassador from South Africa — accusing him of hating America and hating Donald Trump.
It’s the latest salvo against South Africa, which has been in the administration’s crosshairs since Trump took office in January.
In afiery post on X on Friday, Secretary Rubio called Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool a “race baiting politician” and said he was considered “a persona non grata.”
Rubio’s ire came after Rasool said in an online seminar hosted by a South African think tank that the MAGA movement was partially in response to worries about demographic change and a future when white Americans would no longer be the majority.
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March 13, 20254:08 PM ET
President Trump has derided aid the U.S. provides overseas as rife with fraud. His administration has moved aggressively to eliminate such funding including cancelling contracts already in progress. This is all being challenged in court but the effects are being felt acutely by those providing the aid on the ground in foreign countries. We hear from three providers in Africa.
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March 13, 20254:12 AM ET
NPR’s Michel Martin talks about the consequences of deep cuts to foreign aid programs with three aid workers in Africa, where about a quarter of USAID funds were allocated.
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Vatican: Francis stable, out of ‘imminent danger’ of death
Pope Francis greets supporters on Aug. 8, 2014.