They fled war in Sudan. Now, women in refugee camps say they’re being forced to have sex to survive

Israeli air strike kills 33 in Gaza refugee camp as Hizbollah launches rocket attack

Chances of a ceasefire deal remain remote despite death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

Business - Financial Times - October 19

In the Jabalia refugee camp, my sister has reached breaking point. What will it take to stop this nightmare? | Ahmed Najar

Every time I think things can’t get worse in Gaza, they do. But that is what happens when the world turns a blind eye to cruelty. My family is trapped in the Jabalia refugee camp, crammed into a ...

World - The Guardian - October 20

Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrike reported in south Beirut; Gaza is ‘dying’, aid group chief tells Paris conference

Lebanese state media report an Israeli strike hit Beirut’s southern suburbs; Doctors of the World official laments lack of action for people in Gaza. Warning sirens have again sounded in northern ...

World - The Guardian - October 24

Middle East crisis live: Talks due over possible Lebanon ceasefire but Hamas rules out short-term Gaza truce

Senior US officials to meet Israeli counterparts to discuss possible deal to end Lebanon conflict as Hamas says it wants a lasting solution in Gaza. Reuters reports that the Israeli military ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

14 people killed when lightning hits a church in a remote refugee camp in Uganda

Fourteen people were killed when lightning struck a church in a refugee camp in northern Uganda, according to police

World - ABC News - November 4

England's last executed 'witch' may have survived

A spelling error in a court document could mean the woman was not hanged, a Southampton historian says.

Despair in Chad camps as violence and hunger in Sudan drive 25,000 across border in a week

Warning of ‘lost generation’ in Adré and Farchana camps as Sudan’s civil war drives huge numbers across border. What caused the civil war in Sudan and how has it become one of the world’s worst ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

Headlights are too bright! But US experts say they’re not bright enough

Driver complaints about high beams are commonplace, though specialists say US roads need to be better lit. A few weeks ago, I was driving along a dark road at night. Suddenly, I couldn’t see. The ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Some U.S. women are being asked to prepay for their baby

Pregnant women say health care providers are billing them to deliver their babies earlier than expected. Patient advocates say that's unethical.

This popular ‘Trump trade’ may have run its course — at least for now, strategist says

One key ally of former President Donald Trump grabbed headlines recently when he suggested that $2 trillion in federal spending could be cut during a second Trump Administration. That could mean ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 30

Pension funds warn being forced to invest in UK would be ‘huge mistake’

Industry fears having to buy lower-quality assets at unattractive prices after minister says ‘considering all options’

World - Financial Times - October 18

They were the top two seeds in the NFC. Now they’re both in danger of missing the playoffs.

The Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers square off in a crucial matchup for both franchises.

Hollywood’s villains were once Russian or Chinese. Now they’re us – people from the Balkans | Ana Schnabl

Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s new film Wolfs shows that while geopolitical realities have changed, western prejudice hasn’t. I recently watched the new bro-flick Wolfs. In my defence: I was sick ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

They Ran an Olympic Marathon 12 Weeks Ago. Now They’re Back at It in New York.

A handful of runners are trying the quadrennial feat of competing in the Olympic marathon and then racing in the New York version.

Sports - The New York Times - November 2

Cars were once a financial engine of America’s middle class. Now they’re a ‘wealth killer.’

Rising vehicle expenses have turned cars into a financial trap for many Americans.

Business - MarketWatch - 3 days ago

‘Women are made to feel as if they’re against each other’: the hit Indian film that challenges the patriarchy

Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light wowed Cannes with its portrayal of the struggles of women in Mumbai. She talks about inequality, misogyny – and being haunted. There is nothing ostensibly ...

World - The Guardian - November 8

UN 'deeply concerned' Kenya returned Turkish refugees

World - Yahoo News - October 22

UN official calls for more attention to Sudan’s 'forgotten' war amid fresh atrocities

A senior United Nations official has called for more international attention to “the forgotten crisis” in Sudan, where more than a year and a half of war has pushed the African country to the brink ...

World - ABC News - October 25

Women suing over Idaho's abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming 'medical refugees'

Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to ...

Health - ABC News - 3 days ago

Women suing over Idaho abortion ban said they felt like "medical refugees"

One couple took out a loan to cover the out-of-network costs of an abortion and drove eight hours to a hospital in the neighboring state.

Gérard Depardieu skipping sex assaults hearing, lawyer says

Actor Gérard Depardieu, who is facing trial for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021, won't appear before a criminal court in Paris on Monday due to health reasons, his ...

Paul Whelan was devasted at being left behind in a Russian labor camp as others were released

Former Marine Paul Whelan said he was devastated when a Biden administration official told him WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner was being released from Russian detention after nine months and ...

‘We will make you have Arab babies’: fears of genocide amid rape and torture in Sudan’s Darfur

UN report indicates militia fighters are attempting to wipe out non-Arab ethnic groups in the region. Militia fighters who raped and attacked minority groups in Darfur threatened to force them to ...

World - The Guardian - November 3

Novel way to beat dengue: Deaf mosquitoes stop having sex

Mutant males struggle to mate, which could offer a way to controll mosquito populations, scientists say.

Louisiana forces relocation of homeless camp before Taylor Swift's New Orleans shows

An encampment of unhoused people in downtown New Orleans was forcibly relocated at the order of Louisiana Gov.

Israel's wars are expensive. Paying the bill could force tough choices

On top of the grievous toll in human life and misery, Israel’s war against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups has been expensive

World - ABC News - October 21

HRW accuses Israel of war crime of forced displacement in Gaza

The rights group says the forced evacuation of 1.9m people amounts to a crime against humanity.

A France-trained force aims to strengthen Ukraine's defenses at a critical point in war

A French military task force with the festive name “Champagne” is wrapping up a mission that’s no party

World - ABC News - Yesterday

Israeli Forces Push Deeper Into Lebanon in Widening War Campaign

Israel is sending troops into villages farther from its border, in what some former senior security officials worry could turn into a war of attrition.

World - The Wall Street Journal - 21 hours ago

A melodic greeting between women in Burundi is at risk of being lost

A traditional form of musical greeting known to Burundians as akazehe is performed exclusively by women

World - ABC News - October 24

Democrats had bet on women showing up in force. They didn’t

All the talk before the vote was of a huge gender gap, but it didn't happen. Why was that?

RFK Jr. has big asks of Washington. Republican lawmakers say they’re open.

Politics - Politico - Yesterday

Really putting Ukraine's Abrams and F-16s to work fighting Russia means most probably won't survive, but that's the kind of war this is