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Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan as fears grow that the country could descend into civil war. Kampala’s military chief announced that the troops had been sent to help “secure” Juba, the capital of Uganda’s northern neighbor. Tension between President Salva Kiir and First Vice...

Israel said that it was willing to defend Syria's Druze community following days of violence in Syria that a war monitor said led to mass killings of another religious minority. The violence began last week between fighters linked to Syria's new government and forces loyal to ousted President Bashar...

Syria's defense ministry says it has completed a military operation in the country's western coastal region, after days of violence in which hundreds of people have been killed. Security forces had "neutralized" loyalists of former president Bashar al-Assad in several towns in Latakia and Tartous...

Rohingya refugees in crammed Bangladeshi camps say they are worried about a U.S. decision to cut food rations by half beginning next month, while a refugee official says the reduction will impact the nutrition of more than 1 million refugees and create “social and mental pressure.” President Donald...

South Sudan has seen an “alarming regression” as clashes in recent weeks in the country’s northeast threaten to undo years of progress towards peace, the United Nations commission on human rights for the country has warned. The statement from Yasmin Sooka, chairperson of the UN Commission on Human...

A South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers have been killed after a United Nations helicopter trying to evacuate them from the northern town of Nasir came under attack, the government has said. The UN said the incident, which could deal a blow to an already fragile peace process, was “utterly...

Turkish security forces have killed 26 Kurdish militants in the past week, the Turkish defense ministry said, even as the militants’ imprisoned leader called on his group to disband and his fighters declared a ceasefire. A defense ministry statement said the militants were killed in military...

Residents fled a border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan after forces from both sides clashed into the early hours of Tuesday, March 4. It was the second consecutive day of tit-for-tat gunfire at Torkham, a key crossing between the two countries that has been closed since February 21 because of...

Ukraine said its forces could hold their own on the battlefield as they fight Russian troops after U.S. President Donald Trump paused military aid to Kyiv. Trump has upended U.S. policy on Ukraine and Russia, culminating in an explosive confrontation at the White House on Friday, when Trump...

Israel faced sharp criticism as it stopped the entry of all food and other supplies into Gaza and warned of “additional consequences” for Hamas if a fragile ceasefire is not extended. Mediators Egypt and Qatar accused Israel of violating humanitarian law by using starvation as a weapon. The...