Colombia voted on Sunday in a first round that will send a Trump-aligned candidate against a leftist senator to a runoff later this month. Meanwhile, a nine-month U.S. military campaign of strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats off the South American coast has now killed over 200 people.
Sudan's civil war has produced the world's largest humanitarian catastrophe and continues. Next door, Ethiopia voted on Monday in an election expected to consolidate one-party rule. Two of Africa's most populous countries are pulling in opposite political directions while their region holds.
Three months after U.S. and Israeli strikes began the war with Iran, the April ceasefires technically remain in force. On the ground, in three countries, the fighting has not stopped — and this week the war widened again.
Three weeks after the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency, the Bundibugyo-strain Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has surpassed 360 confirmed cases and continues to grow. There is no approved vaccine for this strain of the virus.
How the world banned the "walls of death" — and let a bigger problem take their place, out of sight, on the high seas
The Pakistan-mediated ceasefire announced 8 April holds, but barely. President Trump has accused Iran of bad faith on Hormuz; Israel continues operations against Hezbollah; the underlying enrichment dispute is untouched.
Nearly 19.5 million people across Sudan face acute food insecurity. 825,000 children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition this year. The war is in its fourth year. The world’s largest humanitarian crisis remains the world’s least reported.
Battlefield momentum has shifted measurably. For the second time in 2026, Ukrainian forces have reclaimed more territory than they lost — a meaningful inflection point after years of incremental Russian advances.