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Amid pandemic, 'an international epidemic' of childhood pain

PARIS (AP) — By the time his parents rushed him to the hospital, 11-year-old Pablo was barely eating and had stopped drinking entirely. Weakened by months of self-privation, his heart had slowed to a crawl and his kidneys were faltering. Medics injected him with fluids and fed him through a...

'People are starving': New exodus in Ethiopia's Tigray area

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Skinny, hungry, fleeing threats of violence, thousands of people who have been hiding in rural areas of Ethiopia’s Tigray region have begun arriving in a community that can barely support them — and more are said to be on the way. For months, one great...

Syrian girl walks to school again with prosthetic leg

A 12-year-old Syrian girl in Turkey was able to walk again after she got a prosthetic leg. Seyma Elcellud was critically injured by shrapnel from a bombing on their house in Syria's Deir al-Zor city seven years ago. Her left leg was amputated below the knee. The attack left...

Several civilians injured in violent clashes in CAR

Several civilians, including women and children, were injured in violent clashes in the town of Bambari in the Central African Republic. In a statement late Monday, Doctors Without Borders said a medical center was hit by bullets and explosives amidst violent clashes in Bambari on Feb. 15...