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Matthias Aspden spent his time abroad yearning for his "native country." His heirs later took the government to court, arguing that the estate had been confiscated unjustly

Native plants are rapidly declining in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, replaced by invasive species historically introduced for ornamental and urban greening purposes, reports Mongabay contributor Bibek Bhandari. Botanist Bharat Babu Shrestha said he has observed traditional medicinal plants like the Indian pennywort (Centella asiatica) slowly vanish from Kathmandu over the past decades, displaced by

Remains of fleeing Croat fighters and civilians executed by Yugoslav Partisans at close of World War II were handed over in the first such transfer between Croatia and Slovenia.

The situation in Afghanistan is increasingly referred to as a form of gender apartheid rather than a women’s rights crisis.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has intensified Kenya's criticism of Sudan's rival military factions, rejecting the continued "babysitting" of the country's fighting generals as the conflict pushes Sudan deeper into humanitarian catastrophe.

[Dabanga] Nairobi -- French President Emmanuel Macron has described the situation in Sudan as "mass crimes, war crimes, and a catastrophic humanitarian situation," while avoiding the term "genocide," considering that to be a matter for historians and judges. Macron called the belligerents "warlords dividing the country."

The word heard most often at a two-day parliamentary forum in Cairo last week was not “commitment”; it was “follow-up.” And the difference mattered. Parliamentarians from Africa, Asia, and the Arab world gathered 28–29 April not to renew pledges made at last year’s TICAD9 summit in Yokohama, but to ask what had actually been done. […]

Lebanon and Israel set to hold new peace talks in Washington Lebanon and Israel are expected to hold new peace talks in Washington starting Thursday amid the ceasefire nearing its end.  The ceasefire, which went into effect on 17 April, was intended to halt hostilities that began in early March.  However, Israel launched near-daily attacks, ki

The Support Group for Repatriates and Refugees (GARR) says Haiti’s deepening insecurity, gang violence and economic crisis continue to push thousands to flee the country, while mass deportations from neighboring countries are overwhelming already fragile reintegration efforts. The post Group reports 68,000 Haitians deported in early 2026, urges protection of immigrants’ rights  appeared first on

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Military, police and civilian personnel from across East Africa have gathered in Nairobi for the launch of the 14th East African Community Armed Forces Command Post Exercise, Ushirikiano Imara 2026, aimed at deepening regional cooperation on peace and security.

[UN News] Many women in eastern Chad are being forced to give birth in overcrowded clinics with limited medicine, minimal equipment and severe shortages of anesthesia, as a worsening humanitarian crisis overwhelms the country's fragile healthcare system, the UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA, warned on Tuesday.

Israeli drone strike kills Palestinian in central Gaza An Israeli drone attack has killed one Palestinian and wounded several others in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Wafa reported. The wounded were taken to al-Awda Hospital for treatment. The latest strike comes as Israel continues to launch deadly attacks across Gaza despite a declared “ce

An installation by the sound artist Hans Rosenström at Four Freedoms Park uses the human voice to meditate on space and freedom

[Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman / El Obeid / El Goz Locality / -- Sudan's worsening humanitarian crisis deepened sharply on Tuesday as the United Nations warned that drone warfare, artillery shelling, fires in displacement camps, and intercommunal violence are driving the country towards an even bloodier phase of conflict.

Hundreds of terrified residents fled northern neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince over the weekend, scattering along the road to Haiti’s main airport as relentless gang clashes pushed yet another wave of families from their homes.

When war erupted in the Middle East in late February, the most visible consequences were playing out in the Persian Gulf, with smoke rising from Dubai’s Jebel Ali port and shipping traffic across one of the world’s most critical maritime routes grinding to a near halt. What was harder to see was a mother in […]

Around 100 squatter families from Kathmandu have been housed at a Nepal Red Cross facility in Budol, Kavrepalanchok.

UN: Fertiliser disruption due to Hormuz crises may spark humanitarian emergency A senior United Nations Office for Project Services official has warned that tens of millions of people could face hunger and starvation if shipments through the Strait of Hormuz are not restored soon.  Speaking to AFP, Jorge Moreira da Silva said the world had only “a fe

[HRW] Johannesburg -- Ensure Urgent Assistance; Investigate Alleged Lack of Maintenance

After meeting with the pope, Fils-Aimé also held talks with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s foreign minister. The post Pope Leo XIV discusses Haiti crisis with Prime Minister Fils-Aimé appeared first on The Haitian Times.