Mortars and missiles fired from Pakistan on Monday struck a university and civilian homes in north-eastern Afghanistan, killing seven people and wounding at least 85, Afghan officials said.
Famine was confirmed in two places in 2025: areas of the Gaza Strip and Sudan, marking the first dual confirmation since formal famine reporting began. The Global Report on Food Crises indicated that acute food insecurity remained widespread in 2025, affecting nearly 150 million people.
Since early 2025, clashes have intensified in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), displacing hundreds of thousands of people across the region.
In the logical world that markets seem to believe will prevail in the Middle East, this war will end - and soon - because there's little realistic prospect of either side winning a decisive victory by restarting the conflict.
The TPLF's announcement marks a significant shift, as it reinstates the Tigray Government Assembly, effectively ending the peace deal established with the federal government. This decision has raised alarms about the potential for renewed conflict in the region.
Tom Fletcher, the UN humanitarian chief, stated that hunger is tightening its grip in South Sudan, with emergency levels of food insecurity expected across all 10 states during the lean season.
