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May 13, 2026: AFRICA

Iran War Is Latest Blow to Somalia’s Malnourished Children

NAIROBI/GENEVA (Reuters) – For Somalia’s malnourished children, already suffering the twin catastrophes of looming famine and radical cuts in foreign aid, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran means more than soaring petrol pump prices; it is a matter of life and death.

May 12, 2026: AMERICAS

New Gang Violence in Haiti Displaces Hundreds of People

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – A new wave of gang violence in Haiti’s capital forced hundreds to flee their homes over the weekend, leaving families scattered along the road to the country’s main airport on Monday.

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May 2026

May 13 Africa Iran War Is Latest Blow to Somalia’s Malnourished Children

May 12 Americas New Gang Violence in Haiti Displaces Hundreds of People

May 5 Politics Abortion Pill Rulings Bring the Issue Back to the Forefront in a Midterm Election Year

May 4 Geopolitics What to Know About U.S. Military Presence in Europe as President Trump Seeks Drawdown of Troops

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April 2026

Apr 30 Science & Technology The Threat of Light Pollution Puts the World’s Darkest Skies in the Atacama Desert at Risk

Apr 29 Americas Many Elderly Cubans Are Left to Fend for Themselves as Latest Crisis Deepens

Apr 28 Crime & Punishment Violence Escalates in Colombia with Dozens of Attacks Before Presidential Vote

Apr 28 Society & Lifestyles What to Know About Psychedelic Retreats, a Booming Business with Few Safety Guardrails

Apr 27 Terrorism & Security After Attack, President Trump’s Upcoming Public Events Get a Fresh Security Look

Apr 22 Asia Japan Scraps a Ban on Lethal Weapons Exports in a Change of Its Postwar Pacifist Policy

Apr 21 Weather & Environment Record U.S. Drought Sparks Worries About Fires, Water Supply and Food Prices

Apr 16 Middle East President Trump Says Israel and Lebanon Agree on Ceasefire

Apr 13 Analysis Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations Is Growing Even Wider, UN Report Says

Apr 10 Marriage & Family U.S. Fertility Rates Drop to Record Low in 2025 as Births Fall

Apr 10 Politics Era of Political Violence Means Higher Costs for Candidate Security, a New Report Says

Apr 6 Science & Technology Artemis II Moon Mission Breaks Record for Distance from Earth

Apr 3 Asia Food Assistance Slashed for Hundreds of Thousands of Rohingya Refugees Trapped in Bangladesh Camps

Apr 3 Weather & Environment EPA Watchdog Finds Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites Are Vulnerable to Flooding, Wildfires

Apr 3 Americas As Freed Prisoners Celebrate in Cuba, Human Rights Groups Demand Clarity and Release of Protesters

Apr 3 Middle East Iran Downs U.S. Fighter Jet, Raising Stakes in War

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March 2026

Mar 25 Middle East Iran Rejects U.S. Ceasefire Plan, Issues Its Own Demands as Strikes Land Across the Mideast

Mar 25 Society & Lifestyles Jury Finds Instagram and YouTube Liable in a Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial

Mar 24 Europe Russia Fires Nearly 400 Drones at Ukraine with Signs Its Spring Offensive Has Started

Mar 16 International Pakistan Says It Hit Militant Hideouts in Afghanistan’s Kandahar as Fighting Shows No Letup

Mar 16 Middle East Israel Steps Up Campaign in Lebanon as Iran Keeps Stranglehold on Shipping

Mar 12 Middle East Lebanon’s Latest Conflict Brings Rare Public Backlash Against Hezbollah as War Flares Again

Mar 11 International Explainer: What Are the Challenges in Securing Shipping Through the Strait of Hormuz?

Mar 5 Analysis Chaos Sown by Iran’s Attacks Across the Persian Gulf Is Key to Its Strategy

Mar 3 Middle East Anxious Travelers Scramble as Iran War Strands Tens of Thousands Across the Middle East

Mar 2 Middle East War in the Mideast Widens as President Trump Says Strikes on Iran Could Last Several Weeks

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February 2026

Feb 27 International Pakistan Is in ‘Open War’ with Afghanistan After Latest Strikes, Defense Minister Says

Feb 26 Europe U.S., Ukraine Discuss Post-War Reconstruction as Fighting Grinds On

Feb 26 Science & Technology Police Are Finding Suspects Based On Their Online Searches as Courts Weigh Privacy Concerns

Feb 26 International U.S. Military Builds Up the Largest Force of Warships and Aircraft in the Middle East in Decades

Feb 23 Economy & Personal Finance What to Know About the Supreme Court Ruling on Tariffs

Feb 11 Middle East Iran Commemorates 1979 Revolution as Nation Is Squeezed by Anger Over Crackdown and Tensions with U.S.

Feb 10 International As U.S. Block of Oil Supply Deepens Energy Crisis, Cubans Ask: What More Can We Sacrifice?

Feb 9 Profile Prime Minister Takaichi’s Party Wins a Supermajority in Japan’s Lower House

Feb 6 Middle East The Gaza Ceasefire Began Months Ago. Why Does Fighting Persist?

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January 2026

Jan 30 Analysis Explainer: How Does Iran’s System of Power Work?

Jan 30 Americas Haiti Faces a Sexual Violence and Abuse Crisis as Gang Violence Spreads, Health Charity Warns

Jan 28 Europe Spain Is Granting Legal Status to Potentially 500,000 Immigrants

Jan 28 Middle East Activists Say Iran’s Crackdown Has Killed at Least 6,221 People, as the Country’s Currency Plunges

Jan 28 International Atomic Scientists Set ‘Doomsday Clock’ Closer to Midnight Than Ever

Jan 23 Americas As Haiti Faces Further Political Turmoil, the UN Signals More Troops on the Way

Jan 23 Weather & Environment Why Freezing Rain Has Millions at Risk of Losing Power—and Heat

Jan 23 Weather & Environment Firefighters Face Attacks, Drones and Arsonists While Battling Deadly Blazes in Chile

Jan 21 Asia How Syria’s Government Has Redrawn the Map with Advances Against the Kurds

Jan 21 Geopolitics Explainer: What Is President Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and Who Has Joined So Far?

Jan 21 Americas Hopeful Yet Wary, Venezuelans Across Latin America Mull Going Home

Jan 16 Africa Nigeria’s Northeast Faces Worst Hunger in a Decade as Aid Cuts Hit Region, UN Says

Jan 16 Middle East Explainer: What Is the Status of Iran’s Main Nuclear Facilities?

Jan 14 Africa Uganda Shuts Down Internet Ahead of Election, Orders Rights Groups to Halt Work

Jan 14 Middle East Iran Signals Plans for Fast Trials and Executions While Promising ‘Decisive Response’ to U.S., Israel

Jan 8 Asia Explainer: What’s Happening in Yemen, and Why Are Saudi Arabia and the UAE Involved?

Jan 7 Asia Civilians Flee Aleppo as Clashes Between Syrian Government and Kurdish Forces Escalate

Jan 7 International U.S. Seizes Russian-Flagged Tanker Tied to Venezuela as Trump Widens Oil Push

Jan 5 Crime & Punishment Shackled and Defiant, Maduro Pleads Not Guilty to U.S. Narcotics Charges

Jan 1 Geopolitics Is Peace in Ukraine Any Closer After Trump-Zelenskyy Talks?

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