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22 Million Yemenis Need Aid as Houthis Hold 73 UN Staff and Relief Funding Collapses

Half of Yemen's population requires humanitarian assistance, the UN Security Council heard Monday, while 73 UN workers remain in Houthi custody and last year's aid appeal was funded at just 29 percent -- one of the decade's largest shortfalls.

WorldApr 15

Young Sun-Like Stars Calm Down 15 Times Faster Than Predicted, and That May Be Why Earth Is Habitable

A new Chandra X-ray Observatory study of eight star clusters finds that adolescent Sun-like stars shed their planet-sterilizing X-ray output far more rapidly than models predicted -- narrowing the window during which high-energy radiation can strip young planets of their atmospheres.

WorldApr 15

U.S. Approves $930 Million HIMARS Sale to Sweden, Arming NATO's Newest Member With Ukraine War's Signature Weapon

The State Department cleared a $930 million package of 20 M142 HIMARS launchers, guided rockets, and tactical missiles for Sweden -- the country's first purchase of the system that redefined NATO precision fires in Ukraine.

WorldApr 15

Spain Opens Mass Regularization for 500,000 Undocumented Migrants, Applications Start This Week

The Spanish government approved a Royal Decree granting one-year residence and work permits to undocumented migrants who arrived before January 1, 2026 and can prove five months of residency. Online applications open April 17, with the window closing June 30.

WorldApr 15

Emperor Penguin Declared Endangered as Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Record Lows

The IUCN moved the emperor penguin from Near Threatened to Endangered, projecting the population will halve by the 2080s as sea-ice break-up accelerates. The Antarctic fur seal was also reclassified to Endangered after a 57% population crash since 1999.

WorldApr 15

France Unanimously Passes Bill to Return Tens of Thousands of Colonial-Era Artifacts

Both chambers of the French parliament voted unanimously to replace the case-by-case system that required individual votes on each object with a streamlined process covering property acquired between 1815 and 1972. Restitution demands are pending from Algeria, Mali, Benin, and Ivory Coast.

WorldApr 15

About 250 Rohingya Refugees Missing After Overcrowded Trawler Sinks in the Andaman Sea

A boat carrying roughly 280 Rohingya and Bangladeshis from Teknaf to Malaysia sank on April 9, with the Bangladesh Coast Guard rescuing only nine survivors. Six of the nine rescued are alleged human traffickers who had lured passengers with false job promises.

WorldApr 15

Sanders Forces Senate Votes on $447 Million in Emergency Arms Transfers to Israel

Two joint resolutions of disapproval will come to the Senate floor Wednesday, targeting 12,000 one-thousand-pound bomb bodies and Caterpillar military bulldozers that Secretary of State Rubio authorized without congressional review during the war with Iran.

WorldApr 15

FDA Sets Safety Standards for Genome Editing Therapies, Building Path Toward Personalized CRISPR Medicine

The FDA issued draft guidance standardizing how genome editing therapies must be tested for off-target effects using next-generation sequencing -- the regulatory infrastructure for an emerging category of personalized CRISPR treatments for ultra-rare diseases.

WorldApr 14

Carney's Liberals Sweep Three By-Elections to Clinch a Majority Government

Canadian PM Mark Carney secured a majority in the House of Commons after Liberals won all three federal by-elections on April 13, reaching 174 seats and locking in governance until as late as October 2029.

WorldApr 14

Spain Signs 19 Agreements With China as Sanchez Calls Trade Deficit 'Unsustainable'

Spanish PM Sanchez deepened EU-China ties at a Beijing summit with Xi Jinping, launching a strategic dialogue and signing 19 deals while calling Spain's 74% trade deficit with China 'unsustainable for our societies.'

WorldApr 14

Italy Suspends Defense Agreement With Israel, Blocking Renewal at the Deadline

Prime Minister Meloni halted the automatic renewal of a decade-old defense memorandum with Israel on its exact expiration date, formalizing a freeze on military cooperation that escalated after Israeli forces fired on Italian UNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon.