Gaza still faces starvation, IPC says; 16 killed in RSF attacks on Sudan's South Kordofan; Protests erupt in Bangladesh
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Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
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The IPC is the central framework referenced in the article for measuring Gaza's food crisis. Understanding how this 5-phase classification system works, who developed it, and how it determines famine thresholds would give readers crucial context for interpreting the severity claims.
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Rapid Support Forces
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The RSF is mentioned as responsible for killing 16 people in Sudan's Kordofan region and a notorious attack on a displacement camp killing over 1,000. Understanding the origins of this paramilitary group from the Janjaweed militia and its role in Sudan's civil war provides essential context for the humanitarian crisis described.
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Iran–Contra affair
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The article references a major Drop Site investigation connecting Iran-Contra planes to Jeffrey Epstein and Les Wexner. The 1980s scandal involving secret arms sales to Iran and illegal funding of Nicaraguan rebels is complex history that most readers know only superficially.
At least three killed in continued Israeli attacks on Gaza. A report from The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) finds Gaza still facing starvation. UN warns impacts of Israeli restrictions on NGOs working in Palestine will be “immediate and catastrophic.” U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with officials from Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt on Friday. At least 18 people are killed in Gaza’s winter storms this week. Doctors Without Borders says restrictions on aid must be eased to save the lives of Gaza’s children. Israel’s Supreme Court denies a request to prevent the demolition of buildings in a West Bank refugee camp. Washington sanctions two International Criminal Court judges for advancing cases involving Israel. Feds report that they found the Brown gunman dead, and that he is likely responsible for the murder of an MIT professor as well. The Trump administration moves to suspend the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery. Health and Human Services proposes rules limiting gender-affirming care for minors. Trump admin officials are planning a further crackdown on “left-wing terrorism.” Emails shed new light on Noam Chomsky’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. 16 people killed in RSF artillery bombardment of besieged city in Sudan’s Kordofan region. Saudi military readies for possible engagement with UAE-backed Yemeni separatists. French, U.S., and Saudis discuss disarming Hezbollah with the Lebanese Army. Egypt worries about its “red lines” in Sudan. UN report on earlier notorious RSF attack on displacement camp finds over 1,000 killed, 319 by summary execution. A Sudan expert says as many as 300,000 may have died in Darfur and that two-thirds of the country is food insecure.
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