Armed groups operate across porous borders, exploit ungoverned spaces, fund themselves through criminal networks, and ignore ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed that escalating violence across the Lake Chad Basin is driving a sharp increase in forced displacement and insecurity, threatening to reverse recent fragile ...

In a city more familiar with rockets than school bells, a different morning begins at the Model Complex for Gifted Students ...

The editorial in last Sunday’s Sunday Island, captioned “Fuel Crisis: Beyond Price Debate,” deserves to be applauded because it called on both the government and the opposition to stop playing ...

More than 130,000 Mexicans are missing and presumed dead in cartel violence. Their loved ones want the world's attention, and the World Cup is a way to get it.

Today:Early fog in the far southwest clears quickly. Most areas stay dry with sunshine and variable cloud, though northern and northeastern regions may see isolated showers. Light winds overall, ...

How can African farming communities obtain fertilizers, which are becoming scarce worldwide as part of the current crisis? Image: Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo/picture alliance For more than two months, ...

The ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is affecting African nations particularly badly. But there are potential solutions for mitigating the drastic effects on the continent in the short, medium ...

West Bengal chief minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee is confident ahead of the counting day on May 4, saying her party is set to win more than 200 seats in the assembly elections 2026. She ...

US President Donald Trump on Friday cast doubt on the chances of a deal with Iran, saying that he wasn't “happy” with the proposals sent by Tehran as negotiations drag on. Speaking to reporters at the ...

SINGAPORE – More landed households are installing rooftop solar panels, with the ongoing energy crisis and escalating fuel prices providing the final push for them to tap the sun’s energy to power ...

THE HAND OF KK SHAILAJA, Kerala’s minister of health and welfare at the time, enveloped the fingers of a woman in a white sari standing beside her. That woman held another woman’s hand, who held ...