Storms are common in northern India from March to June, before the annual monsoon rains arrive.

UN Relief Chief says new US funding will “help save millions of lives”

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Elayne Wangalwa
14 May. 2026 1.07 p.m.

Statement by Tom Fletcher, Under‑Secretary‑General fo…

Under the warm waters off Tanzania’s Mafia Island, marine scientist Asha Mgeni hovers above a coral reef she has studied for years. Small fish dart through the currents. To most divers, the reef appears pristine. But Mgeni notices something unusual. Tucked between coral branches are invasive organis

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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 Yokoh…

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Families of 10 Pakistani crew members taken hostage by Somali pirates have rallied in Karachi to demand their release.