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The coming battle for the strategic city of El-Obeid will determine the military and economic balance of power in Sudan.

Israeli companies are expanding into Argentina’s economy as Milei strengthens ties with Israel—fueling debate over water, lithium and sovereignty.

Community health volunteers travel across remote northern Kenya to detect poliovirus before it can spread.

Nigeria’s booming delivery industry is leading to an alarming rise in fatal crashes by pushing drivers to meet aggressive deadlines.

Hamas dissolved its government in Gaza to remove any obstacle to reconstruction, but little has changed for ordinary Palestinians in the Strip — because Israel ultimately controls whether the nightmare it has inflicted on them will ever end.

Cuts to humanitarian aid have hollowed out Malawi’s child protection systems, leaving vulnerable refugee children exposed to exploitation.

Analysis: Palestinian parties could hold the balance of power in Israel’s election, but will they choose to join a coalition - and be accepted as partners?

In El-Obeid, RSF drone strikes are destroying fuel, electricity, and water that keeps the most fragile patients alive.

Malgré les bombardements, les déplacements forcés et la famine, ces apiculteurs gazaouis continuent de prendre soin de leurs abeilles. La guerre a déjà coûté la vie à 20 d’entre eux, et 905 sont aujourd’hui sans emploi, selon une association locale.

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Attorneys in Tunisia are struggling to push back against attacks on judicial independence, even as they themselves face persecution.

Israel dumps some of its most toxic waste on Palestinian land in the West Bank. In places like Hebron, families living near electronic waste dumps face serious health repercussions, with no relief in sight.

Trump’s announcement could reopen US-Lebanon direct flights after four decades, reconnecting a diaspora while boosting tourism and investment

Saving El-Zohriya public park is, in many ways, the story of modern Cairo itself: a tale of royal ambition, urban expansion, and a rare opportunity for the city to listen to its citizens

En el país asiático se ha detectado un aumento de los vídeos, fotografías o audios falsos con contenido sexual explícito colgados en redes, que causan un importante daño moral y social a las víctimas

Analysis: With oil driving US engagement, Libya’s unification deal is an elite power-sharing pact that leaves the country’s institutional problems unresolved

Analysis: Designed to bridge Gaza’s post-war security vacuum, the international force is struggling to move from diplomatic blueprint to operational reality

Analysis: The US-brokered framework ties Israeli withdrawal to Hezbollah’s disarmament, raising fears that Lebanon has entered a deal designed to fail

The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is the 17th since the disease was first identified 50 years ago.

Once a venue for football and other events, Beirut’s Sports City Stadium now shelters families displaced by war in southern Lebanon. Their lives reflect both the scale of the country’s humanitarian crisis and the limits of state support.

In Jenin, Israel is building the first permanent military base in Area A since the Oslo Accords in the 1990s.

In Jenin, Israel is building the first permanent military base in Area A since the Oslo Accords in the 1990s.

Israeli companies are expanding into Argentina’s economy as Milei strengthens ties with Israel—fueling debate over water, lithium and sovereignty.

Wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir had no idea what he had found until scientists started to get in touch

Como en otros países africanos, el clima extremo desplaza a los mamíferos de sus rutas migratorias y pisotean las zonas de cultivo en busca de agua y alimentos y dejan sin sustento a centenares de familias

Following Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

In a market in the refugee settlement of Bazia in South Sudan, stalls are piled high with containers of aid rations .

Since the U.S. and Israel launched their joint assault on the Islamic Republic of Iran, feminist voices in the “Zan, Zendegi, Azadi” movement (or the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement) have been diverse, with contradictory and dispersed reactions to war, foreign intervention, and even the future of the movement itself.

par Imane Bellamin La peau de Laila Khadraa rayonne d’une uniformité qu’aucun éclairage ne saurait pleinement expliquer. Des boucles auburn encadrent ses yeux en amande, ses lèvres sont pleines et sa…

In the Syrian governorate of Quneitra, Israel is seizing land, attacking and abducting residents, mauling them with army dogs, and spraying chemical agents over farmland. The Syrian government remains silent.

Families have lost food assistance, small businesses have lost customers, and residents say economic opportunities are disappearing in communities already strained by a decade of conflict.

Analysis: Al-Aqsa is a focal point for Israel’s empowered far right, whose push to upend the sensitive status quo could have consequences far beyond Jerusalem

AFRICOM and the Nigerian army claimed they killed 175 “terrorists” over the course of three days in May.

A military order signed in May 2026 authorizes Israel’s first permanent base near Jenin inside Area A, the part of the West Bank under control of the Palestinian Authority. Israel has already begun displacing families who live there.

The Islamic Republic’s religious establishment has spent months building a symbolic bridge between Khamenei and the slain seventh-century Imam Hussein.

With the latest truce under immediate strain, the fate of any lasting settlement will ultimately be decided in US–Iran talks, not Beirut or Tel Aviv

Israel recently damaged Lebanon’s vital Qaraoun Dam, raising fears of a structural failure. Experts say the attack reflects Israel’s long-standing ambition to control Lebanon’s water — and mirrors the water apartheid it imposes on Palestinians.

The Iran war has triggered several instances of unity among Sunnis and Shiites — two major Muslim groups that have historically been at odds. Young people lead the displays of solidarity, finding a common cause in the wake of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s assassination.

In a country where doing almost anything takes paperwork, red tape has become prohibitive for the million people forced to flee their homes.

The new US-Iran memorandum offers a path away from conflict, but experts warn that Israeli opposition, regional tensions and political pressure in Washington could complicate efforts to implement it.

Iraq’s journey back to the World Cup traces the story of a country overcoming war, invasions, and sanctions to claim a place at the biggest tournament on earth

Years after covering the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Gaza-based journalists who once worked at international sporting events are now unable to leave the territory

As the 2026 World Cup approaches, ordinary Arab fans are being shut out by soaring ticket prices, travel costs and tightening visa rules

As Israeli settler violence against Palestinians intensifies, settlers are increasingly and brazenly attacking and stealing livestock that many families and villages rely on.

As drought kills livestock, Maasai women are turning drought-resistant grass into animal feed and income.

Zeteo speaks to the colleagues and families of some of the more than 130 Lebanese paramedics killed in Israeli attacks since March.

In Argentina, where football is often described as a religion, the 2026 World Cup is highlighting a growing divide between passion and affordability

At the World Cup, Iran’s national team arrives in Mexico amid visa processing issues, a US travel ban, and the shadow of war that has left fans at home isolated

While Iran seeks to end the war, deadlocked talks and the renewed threat of conflict could push Tehran to deploy previously untapped leverage: the Bab al-Mandab

Zeteo speaks to the colleagues and families of some of the more than 130 Lebanese paramedics killed in Israeli attacks since March.

As part of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners were released. The prisoners, including those serving long-term sentences as well as women and minors arrested over the past two years, were transported to the

As part of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners were released. The prisoners, including those serving long-term sentences as well as women and minors arrested over the past two years, were transported to the

Centuries-old Byzantine ruins in northwest Syria, known as the Dead Cities,have instead become long-term shelters for refugees fleeing civil war, rising concerns that human habitation could cause irreversible damage to the ancient sites. CGTN's Omar Khan has the story. 

W ithin hours after an early-morning knock woke up Nader Ahmadi, the 38-year-old Afghan and his wife and four children

Karthi Hayan, a Tamil youth activist in Sri Lanka’s eastern coastal city Trincomalee, has watched this pattern repeat throughout his

P ouya was fed up with the glacial pace of his country’s political change. After Iran’s security forces killed over

Biden was terrible but Palestinians fear Trump administration would let Israeli PM Netanyahu ‘get away with more'.

As Iran and Israel exchange deadly attacks, many Israelis shelter as they contend with a shattered sense of security.

More Zimbabweans are preparing for death than survival as funeral policies are more popular than health insurance.

Palestinians returning to the Strip face intimidation by Israeli soldiers and the Abu Shabab gang, as well as the confiscation of their belongings.

‘Sohab Al-Ard’ has brought the genocide in Gaza to millions of living rooms across the Arab world. But does it achieve what it set out to?

Women that survive the violence of the gunmen face poverty and exclusion.

Unverified herbal remedies promoted on social media are driving rising health risks and delayed treatment in Nigeria.

Measles kills 70 in East Darfur’s Labado in a few weeks as healthcare collapse leaves families without medicines.

Extreme heat and drought has destroyed 70% of Jordan’s olive crop, endangering livelihoods of 80,000 families and a centuries-old tradition

Morocco is investing heavily in sports infrastructure: as one of the hosts of the 2030 FIFA World Cup and also for the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year. At the same time, hospitals and schools continue to struggle with chronic shortages. The digitally connected youth movement “GenZ 212” is protesting against this imbalance, vocally questioning the country’s development priorities.

Reporting in this edition from these locations. Illustrated by Yemsrach Yetneberk, based on the Equal Earth Projection.

The alliance aims to unseat Netanyahu in October elections, but analysts doubt it will break his hold on power or produce a meaningful shift in Israeli policy

Los animales muerden los dedos de manos y pies, destrozan las pocas pertenencias valiosas de los gazatíes y contribuyen a la propagación de enfermedades. Este año se han registrado 17.000 infecciones provocadas por roedores y ectoparásitos, según la OMS. La falta de venenos complica su control

Analysis: International conferences have come and gone, external actors are entrenched, and neither side shows any willingness to stop the fighting

Amid relentless Israeli airstrikes and mass displacement, a red truck carrying toys, blankets and food has become a lifeline for thousands of Lebanese families

E ach May, three days after World Press Freedom Day, Lebanon has its Martyrs of the Press Day, in remembrance

Un grupo de 11 pequeños trasladados a Egipto en incubadoras a finales de 2023 han regresado a la Franja, donde les aguardaban padres y hermanos a los que no conocían y que pensaron durante meses que no habían sobrevivido

S crambling to take cover is part and parcel of being a journalist in a war zone. In Iran, however,

Widespread violence has gripped Mali as militant groups have advanced to pose a significant threat to the ruling regime.

Engineers at the facility estimate 12% of the crucial gas facility's capacity was affected by U.S.-Israeli strikes in March.

On this day 26 years ago, residents of South Lebanon poured into the streets as Israeli forces withdrew, putting an end to 22 years of Israeli occupation. Today, those same villages lie in rubble, and the occupation is back.

West Bank refugees say Israeli raids are reviving the Nakba-era, warning of renewed displacement as camps across the territory face escalating incursions

Residents of Qalandia refugee camp outside Ramallah say escalating Israeli raids now come with orders to leave their homes or suffer the same fate as Jenin camp. “Just saying ‘Jenin’ is enough,” one resident said. “Everyone knows what it means.”

Palestinians in Gaza carry the keys from their homes destroyed by Israel, linking today’s genocidal war and displacement to the ongoing legacy of the Nakba

For the well-off few, buying an EV is the next step in a solar revolution that has helped Yemenis weather years of power outages and high fuel prices

As Fatah holds its Eighth Congress, insiders tell Mondoweiss that the dominant movement in Palestinian politics for over 50 years is in disarray. With Palestinians under threat on multiple fronts, the meeting may be the last chance to fix the crisis.

The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is the 17th since the disease was first identified 50 years ago.

Manenos Selanyika could only receive a symbolic burial. After more than a week, they gave up and decided to hold a symbolic burial at Lambo village near Mount Kilimanjaro.

Observers say that in Yemen, aid rules that distribute aid by households have encouraged recipients to create more households by marrying off their daughters while they are still girls.

Zeteo speaks to witnesses after Israeli settlers kill a 14-year-old Palestinian boy and a 32-year-old man in an attack on a boys school in the occupied West Bank.

While the vote was lauded as a step forward, it came in the context of an ongoing genocide and occupation and a recent law limiting which candidates can run.

As Israeli attacks displace families across Lebanon, women are struggling to access menstrual supplies, exposing a hidden crisis of poverty, stigma and neglect

At the centre of the week’s developments were the high-stakes negotiations in Islamabad, mediated by Pakistan and aimed at stabilising a temporary ceasefire.

The razing of villages and creation of a buffer zone separated by a Yellow Line show the ceasefire won’t stop Israel from entrenching its hold on south Lebanon

A Pakistan-brokered truce has halted the bombs and reopened the Strait of Hormuz, but soaring inflation & fears of renewed conflict have left citizens in limbo

It was more than a house of worship. Residents came to the community center for microloans, affordable healthcare, and to borrow books. It was the heartbeat of a neighborhood, and now locals are mourning its loss — and promising to rebuild.

What was once a simple staple has become a daily uncertainty & a source of fear for millions of people in Gaza who are struggling amid Israel’s war and blockade

Years after the fighting has ended, children in Syria are still paying the price for war, navigating villages and farmlands riddled with deadly explosives

In the Syrian capital, the sale of alcohol has become a flashpoint for wider discussions about regulation, social norms, and the limits of state power

Cyber experts have warned of psychological warfare after Lebanese residents received automated evacuation notices over the phone.

Cheap electricity turned Iran into an unlikely crypto mining hub. Now military strikes could threaten the power grid that powers it.

Yazidis in northeast Syria are fleeing yet again as renewed fighting in Aleppo triggers mass displacement, reviving trauma from ISIS’s 2014 genocide. Survivors face deep psychological scars, economic hardship, and persistent insecurity, with many fearing further violence, family separation, and the

Sudan’s humanitarian response is increasingly carried out by volunteer networks. But their efforts, built on small donations, cannot keep pace with rising need.

Every year, between late May and early June, something happens on the 43-mile road to the Catholic sanctuary of Popenguine, outside Dakar, that is unremarkable in Senegal and extraordinary almost anywhere else in Africa or the world: Muslim youth walk the route alongside their Christian peers.