For a year, my colleague @ScheckNYTimes and I looked into why domestic workers from across East Africa, who are promised jobs and a better life in Saudi Arabia, continued to face abuse, starvation and death. Here's what we found. nytimes.com/2025/03/16/world…

🫏 #MakingTheRounds | This video has been circulating on social media since Wednesday, sparking numerous reactions, ranging from laughter to tears. It shows a man who has reunited with his donkey, Tabshur, in his village after being displaced by Israeli bombardments on southern Lebanon.

A Somali referee who is due to officiate at the World Cup has been denied entry to the U.S. after “vetting concerns” emerged upon his arrival in Florida over the weekend. Omar Artan arrived at Miami International Airport on a flight from Istanbul on Saturday but was barred from entering the country following a “routine” inspection, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed in a statement to The Athletic. Artan, the 2025 Confederation of African Football men’s referee of the year, is one of 52 referees handpicked by world governing body FIFA for the tournament. More from @HenryBushnell 🔗 nyti.ms/3PPHPQN

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“We have to be happy and celebrate, even if it’s only for a short time”: Across the Middle East, from Lebanon to Gaza and Yemen, Eid this week has been marked less by family gatherings and festive meals than by mourning, displacement and uncertainty nytimes.com/2026/05/30/world…

In south Lebanon, Eid came with the deafening booms of Israeli strikes, the thud of shelling and the buzz of drones. “It’s a difficult Eid,” said Hanan Khalil, a resident of Baysarieh, where deserted streets reflected the unease hanging over the region nytimes.com/2026/05/27/world…

📈 Confirmed: Live metrics show a partial restoration to internet connectivity in #Iran on day 88, after 2093 hours of near-total isolation from international networks, the longest nationwide internet shutdown in modern history. It is unclear if the restoration will be sustained.

RT @Kennedy_HRC: .@Lattif and @ScheckNYTimes are the 2026 RFK Book & Journalism Awards John Seigenthaler Courage in Journalism & Internatio…

Among the details of our reporting: new military intelligence assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz.

Hundreds gathered on Sunday to mourn at least eight members of a Lebanese family -- including a 6-month-old baby -- killed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier. “They are all gone,” grieving relatives cried as ambulances carrying their bodies departed. nytimes.com/2026/05/10/world…

See Saher Alghorra’s photography documenting the toll of Israel’s attacks in Gaza. nytimes.com/spotlight/inside…

Across southern Lebanon’s lush, undulating vistas, Israel is razing border villages to pave the way for a broader occupation. Satellite images and video footage show streets reduced to rubble, with little left to mark where homes and businesses once stood nytimes.com/interactive/2026…

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2026 awarded to the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate unes.co/1ctvpg

When the war in Sudan began, I spoke with Hamid often. One memory that stays with me is how he and his family woke early on Eid day (April 21, 2023) to bake cookies, trying to restore some normalcy to the day — only to abandon it as fighting resumed in Khartoum. Allah yarhamhu!

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe has been awarded 8m Kenya shillings ($62,000; £46,000) for breaking the marathon record and getting a gold medal. He also received a vehicle number plate 01:59:30 - his official record time. bbc.in/4eCuaXh

As wars rage across the Middle East, content creators and influencers from the region are turning out edgy material on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to cope with the conflicts and bring levity to a pain that often feels too raw. My latest piece. nytimes.com/2026/04/29/world…

When a ship comes under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the first places its distress call is likely to be heard is thousands of miles away, on a military base outside Portsmouth, on the south coast of Britain. nytimes.com/2026/04/28/world…

Wounded Lebanese journalist Zeinab Faraj recounts hours of agony when Israeli strike killed colleague Amal Khalil apnews.com/article/lebanon-i…

HISTORIC MOMENT Sebastian Sawe of kenya breaking Sub2 in men’s marathon

1:59:30. Humanity just got faster. Powered by Adizero. #YouGotThis

“What cease-fire are you talking about?” said Kamil Mohamed Mansour, who fled the village of Tallouseh in southern Lebanon, and who said he lost his home, savings and farmland. “I have lost everything and am sitting here alone.” nytimes.com/2026/04/25/world…