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Global health diplomacy in Palestine: Overlooked and underutilized
To describe Palestine’s current healthcare system as anything less than devastated would be a mischaracterization. According to United Nations (UN) experts, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are systematically targeting and destroying hospitals,...

Special court permits the accused to seek medical care
By Yiep Joseph The special court handling the Nasir incident involving the suspected First Vice President and seven others has granted the accused permission to access medical care. The court’s decision followed a request by the defense team...

Medicine Nobel goes to trio for immune system research
A US-Japanese trio yesterday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into how the immune system is kept in check by identifying its "security guards", the Nobel jury said. The discoveries by Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the United States...

Nile floods hit Egypt, Sudan, spark new Ethiopia dam dispute
Egypt blames Ethiopia’s “reckless” dam management for Nile Delta floods, while Ethiopia insists controlled water releases lessened the damage. [Getty] Rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing...

13 civilians killed in RSF artillery strike in W. Sudan
At least 13 civilians were killed and 19 others wounded on Monday when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted residential neighborhoods in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur in western Sudan, with artillery bombardment, volunteer...

Sudan's Janjaweed militia leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman convicted of war crimes in Darfur
6 October 2025, 14:26 | Updated: 6 October 2025, 18:22 The leader of a militia that carried out a series of atrocities and war crimes in the Sudanese region of Darfur has been convicted by the International Criminal Court. Your browser doesn't...

‘Open morgue’: Christian groups call for safe passage of civilians trapped in Sudan’s North Darfur
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Monday, October 06, 2025 People lift placards as they chant during a rally called for by Sudan's Popular Front for Liberation and Justice in Port Sudan on April 24, 2025, to denounce the siege imposed...

Sudanese militia commander convicted for Darfur war crimes at International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court on Monday convicted a leader of the feared Janjaweed militia of playing a leading role in a campaign of atrocities committed in the Sudanese region of Darfur more than 20 years ago. It was the first time the court...
13 civilians killed in RSF artillery strike in W. Sudan: volunteer groups
KHARTOUM, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 civilians were killed and 19 others wounded on Monday when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted residential neighborhoods in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur in western Sudan, with...

Sudanese struggle to survive in cities starved under siege
Hunger has ravaged El-Fasher and other besieged town in Sudan, where conflict has taken place since April 2023 [Getty file photo] Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese civilians trapped in cities under paramilitary siege are struggling to survive,...

Medicine Nobel to trio who identified immune system's ‘security guards'
A US-Japanese trio on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into how the immune system is kept in check by identifying its "security guards", the Nobel jury said. The discoveries by Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the United...

International Criminal Court Convicts Sudanese Militia Leader Ali Kushayb of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Darfur
International Criminal Court (ICC) / HANDOUT" Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb attends his trial on war crimes case from Sudan’s Darfur in Darfur, Sudan on May 24, 2021. In a landmark ruling, the International Criminal...

Health Ministry Launches Construction of 100-Bed Hospital in Baghdad
The Minister of Health, Dr Saleh Mahdi Al-Hasnawi, launched today, the executive works for a 100-bed hospital project in the Al-Rahmaniya Al-Shalla area on the Karkh side of Baghdad. The project forms part of the Iraqi-Chinese agreement, which...

Medicine Nobel to trio who identified immune system's 'security guards'
A US-Japanese trio on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into how the immune system is kept in check by identifying its "security guards", the Nobel jury said. The discoveries by Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the United...

Surging Nile waters inundate Egypt and Sudan, revive dispute over Ethiopian mega-dam
Audio By Carbonatix By Dina Sakr and Mohamed Ezz CAIRO (Reuters) -Rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing residents to move by boat and intensifying a war of words between Cairo and Addis Ababa...

Surging Nile waters inundate Egypt, Sudan
Rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing residents to move by boat and intensifying a war of words between Cairo and Addis Ababa over whether Ethiopia's giant Nile dam has worsened seasonal floods....

The Jackson Clinic welcomes new nephrologist
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE JACKSON CLINIC: The Jackson Clinic Welcomes New Nephrologist (Jackson, TN) The Jackson Clinic is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Yasmin Mahmoud to its Nephrology department. Dr. Mahmoud brings twenty years of...
Business Spotlight – The Jackson Clinic welcomes new Nephrologist – Dr. Yasmin Mahmoud
(Jackson, TN) The Jackson Clinic is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Yasmin Mahmoud to its Nephrology department. Dr. Mahmoud brings twenty years of volunteer, professional, and research experience to a highly skilled team of nephrologists....

Surging Nile waters inundate Egypt and Sudan, revive row over Ethiopian mega-dam
By Dina Sakr and Mohamed Ezz CAIRO (Reuters) -Rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing residents to move by boat and intensifying a war of words between Cairo and Addis Ababa over whether Ethiopia’s...

World Reuters Surging Nile waters inundate Egypt and Sudan, revive dispute over Ethiopian mega-dam
By Dina Sakr and Mohamed Ezz CAIRO (Reuters) -Rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing residents to move by boat and intensifying a war of words between Cairo and Addis Ababa over whether Ethiopia's...