Nairobi, Aug 11, 2026 (AFP) - MSF says half of displaced children in southwest Somalia acutely malnourished

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Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday that half of all children in displacement sites in southwest Somalia are acutely malnourished, the situation exacerbated by funding cuts and drought. In June UN-backed experts estimated that almost a third of Somalis faced food insecurity, as the country -- long wracked by insecurity and now seeing political turmoil -- saw one of its worst droughts in years. Since January the international medical charity MS......

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Dubai, Aug 11, 2026 (AFP) - Casualties reported after ship hit in Red Sea: maritime agency

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Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 11, 2026 (AFP) - Lebanon formally abolishes death penalty in Mideast first

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Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 11, 2026 (AFP) - Lebanon says Israeli strikes on south wound two, damage ambulance

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Damascus, Aug 11, 2026 (AFP) - Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over atrocities

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Jos, Nigeria, Aug 11, 2026 (AFP) - Nigerian police killed in clashes with armed gang

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Washington, United States, Aug 11, 2026 (AFP) - Trump Media reports first sales for early access to president's posts

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Manila, Aug 11, 2026 (AFP) - Philippine VP Duterte hit with criminal charge over Marcos 'threat'

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