The US government has a warning system for travel. It ranks countries from safe to dangerous. The most severe warning is for places like war zones or countries with no US ties. As of late 2025, 22 countries are on this highest warning list. This includes places like North Korea, Iran, and Russia. Traveling to these countries means big risks. The US embassy might not ...
Sudan's ongoing conflict has left women in Darfur facing unimaginable horrors. The U. N. has shared reports of systematic rape, killings, and children going missing as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of al-Fashir city. This city's fall has given the RSF a strong hold on the Darfur region after two and a half years of war with the Sudanese arm...
The conflict in Sudan is getting worse. The United Nations chief has warned that the situation is now "spiraling out of control. " This comes after a paramilitary group, the RSF, took over the city of el-Fasher. This city has been under siege for 18 months. People there are suffering from hunger, disease, and violence. The RSF has been accused of terrible acts. Repo...
In the town of Tawila, a clinic is bustling with activity. Children, thin and weak, lie on cots. Men with bandaged wounds wait for surgery. They are survivors from al-Fashir, a city that recently fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after an 18-month siege. Up to 10, 000 people have fled to Tawila, seeking help from the international aid agency Medecins Sans Fronti...
Sudan is facing a severe hunger crisis, with famine now spreading to two more areas. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global authority on hunger, has identified el-Fasher in Darfur and Kadugli in South Kordofan province as the latest regions affected. The situation in these areas is dire. El-Fasher has been under siege by the paramilitary R...
The situation in Sudan is getting worse. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have taken over el-Fasher, a city in the western Darfur region. This happened after a long siege that lasted 18 months. Now, people are fleeing, but not enough are making it to safety. Only a few thousand have reached the nearest camp in Tawila. This camp is about 65 kilometers away. Shashwat Sa...
El-Fasher, a city in Sudan's Darfur region, has recently fallen under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Survivors who managed to escape have shared horrifying accounts of the violence they endured. Ezzeldin Hassan Musa, one of the survivors, described the brutal treatment meted out by the RSF. He recounted how men trying to flee were tortured and murdere...
The city of el-Fasher in Sudan has been under siege for over a year and a half. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have taken control, making life extremely difficult for the people still trapped there. One man, Mouawia, managed to escape this dangerous situation, but his journey was far from easy. Mouawia, a 31-year-old activist, had been helping civilians in el-Fasher...
In the troubled region of Darfur, a paramilitary group has made a bold move. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claim to have taken over the army's main base in El Fasher. This city is in a tough spot, with many people going hungry and fighting going on around it. The RSF say they now control the Sixth Division Headquarters. This is a big deal because it's the last majo...
Israel got two more bodies from Gaza, said to be hostages. Hamas claims they found these bodies on Saturday. The bodies were given to Israel through the Red Cross. Before this, Israel had only received 10 out of 28 hostage bodies. People in Israel are upset because the ceasefire deal promised all hostages, alive or dead, would be returned. The Rafah border crossing ...