Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say.
People wait at the Mae Tao Clinic in Thailand near the Burmese border. The number of patients has soared after a coup in Myanmar ignited a civil war.
The far-right group known as the R.S.S., whose members include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has spent a century trying to make India a Hindu-first nation.
Volunteers for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or R.S.S., listened to a speech at a celebration of the group’s centenary in Nagpur, India, in October.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, known as the R.S.S., has survived bans and vilification to emerge as the force reshaping India’s secular republic into a Hindu nation.
Government officials have traditionally steered clear of such overtly religious language, as the Constitution prohibits the establishment of an official state religion.
The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in Nigeria to protect Christians from Islamic militants.
Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target affiliates of a resurgent Islamic State.
Imran Ahmed, who runs an organization that chronicles disinformation, was among five Europeans the State Department had barred, claiming they promote censorship.
Chosen by a British TV station to give an “alternative” to the king’s speech, Jimmy Kimmel said it had been a great year for the U.S. “from a fascism perspective.”
The nonfiction spy thriller “The Falcon and the Snowman,” which became a film, grew out of his work as a journalist covering the West Coast for The Times.
“We’re sending these kids out into the world, and we’re supposed to have provided them skills,” said Valerie Ziegler, a San Francisco high school teacher.
Dr. Sylvio Burcescu received a kidney from Brendan Costello, pictured. He struggles with the reality of never being able to thank the person who gave him such a life-altering gift.
Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.
The Baltic nation’s congressional liaison is using candy, an American flag outfit and “Die Hard” jokes to make friends in Congress as the Trump administration turns against Europe.
In his time in Washington, Karl-Gerhard Lille has helped recruit more than 70 representatives and about a dozen senators to the Baltic Caucus, with many joining this year.
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