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Khartoum residents were trapped at home without electricity or water as the country’s two top generals battled for a third day to control the East African nation.

At the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, on the site where Jesus is believed to have been crucified and resurrected, a centuries-long real estate spat tends to flare up at Orthodox Easter.

In the pantheon of yokai, spooky beings of Japanese folklore embody anxieties ancient and modern. On Shodoshima, an art contest helps bring new ones to life.

Scientists assembled 3,000 images from an Emirati orbiter to create the prettiest atlas yet of the red planet.

Jack Teixeira, 21, was granted a top-secret security clearance in 2021, which was required for his job, the Justice Department complaint said.

Federal officials are investigating leaks of classified U.S. intelligence revealing government secrets about the Ukraine war. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the airman’s arrest in connection with the unauthorized removal and transmission

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria was isolated for years after brutally crushing his country’s Arab Spring uprising. But in most Arab capitals today, the only question is how — not whether — they should deal with him again.

The authorities have so far made one arrest in the case, but many questions remain about the classified documents that have been appearing online.

When rains fail unexpectedly, higher temperatures can more rapidly parch the ground, to devastating effect.

The U.N. mission monitoring human rights in Ukraine said it was “appalled” by the video, which appeared to record the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier by Russian troops.