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Nearly half, according to Doctors Without Borders, are women and children.
Leader Kim Jong-un’s sister personally delivered an invitation to South Korean president Moon Jae-in to attend talks in Pyongyang. Plus: an Israeli air attack on Syrian and Iranian military positions inside Syria may mark a new phase in the conflict.
Evidence mounts for Rohingya genocide in Myanmar. Plus: in the face of food and supply shortages, Venezuela’s unrest grows, and Zimbabwe’s new president reverses Mugabe’s policy on land-leasing to white farmers.
With new tariffs on solar panels and washing machines, and demands to renegotiate longstanding trade deals, President Trump is inching toward a trade war. Plus: US military looks the other way on child sexual abuse in Afghanistan.
Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria could strain its relationship with the US. Plus: in 90 days, Cape Town will be the world’s first major city to run out of water, and the European Union tries to eliminate plastics.
Trump’s “shithole” remark further isolates him in the international community. Plus: The White House waives Iran sanctions one final time, relations between North and South Korea appear to be thawing, and Trump calls off his London trip.
Despite current US policies, the world continues to work toward responsible climate policies, including important ocean protections. Plus: North Korea gets sanctioned again (and again and again and again), and the global back-and-forth between the US and Russia gets more complicated.
The backlash against Trump's decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem intensifies, and the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar continues. Plus: Canada's got a cannabis boom, and China builds refugee settlement ahead of a potential Korean conflict.
Iraq declares victory over ISIS, Rex Tillerson sends mixed signals on North Korea, and Brexit lurches forward. Plus: Duterte's war on drugs gets its day in court and Honduras continues its presidential crisis.
North Korea's big new missile ups the stakes, Trump mulls recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and Honduras is on the brink of a civil conflict as an opposition leader calls for a new presidential election.
In this international edition of the runoff, Saudi Arabia makes aggressive domestic and regional moves under its young new leadership, but the fallout has led to increased tension and conflict in the Middle East.
