When Erdina Laca goes grocery shopping in Eichsfeld these days, she pulls out a special payment card that’s for asylum-seekers only. She no longer pays in cash for her apples, eggs and fish — like most of the Germans standing in line with her at the register. Laca, 45, came from...

(THE CONVERSATION) “Sudan’s moment has come; chaos is our chance to sow the seeds of jihad,”  warned  Abu Hudhaifa al-Sudani, a high-ranking al-Qaida leader, in an  October 2022 manifesto . His words may have seemed premature at the time, but a year of  brutal civil...

UNICEF on Tuesday said the city of children, Rafah, "must not be invaded," urging the continuation of humanitarian aid flow into Gaza. "Our worst fear - Gazans' nightmare - appears to be a reality. A reality that those holding power have the ability to prevent," spokesperson James Elder told...

The war in Gaza continues to cast a dark shadow over the wider Middle East region, in particular Syria where a series of strikes and attacks are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Thursday. Briefing ambassadors on the Security...