“My family’s situation is very difficult, sister. I couldn’t afford food. Everything here is expensive.” These words were sent to me on March 15 by Ramez, a 17-year-old boy living in Gaza. “I don’t have anything to eat tomorrow. I don’t know what to do. Hunger has come back again.” Three days later, just before suhoor, the last meal before the daily fast begins during the holy month...

Authorities have blamed the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ISIL affiliate. The government of Niger has declared three days of mourning following an attack on a mosque in the country’s southwest that killed at least 44 people. The victims were killed in a “savage” armed assault in the Fambita quarter of the rural border town of Kokorou,...

Who: New Zealand vs PakistanWhat: Fourth T20I of five-match seriesWhere: Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, New ZealandWhen: Sunday at 5:15pm (06:15 GMT) Pakistan has kept alive their hopes of winning the five-match T20 series in their tour of New Zealand with their stunning win in the third match on Thursday. It reduced New Zealand’s lead in the series to a 2-1 advantage and throws open the possibility of a...