The Global Sumud Flotilla Is Approaching Gaza. Here’s What to Know.

Israel’s government has said it will do whatever is necessary to keep the Global Sumud Flotilla from reaching the Gaza Strip.

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I Interviewed a Doctor in Sudan. Days Later, He Was Killed.

Dr. Omar Selik’s raw, urgent testimony from a besieged city cut through the fog of war and crystallized the depravity of the conflict. And then he was gone.

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Aid Flotilla Headed for Gaza Says It’s Under Drone Attack

The vessels were aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The Israelis have asked that the aid be given to them to distribute.

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A Maternity Ward in Chad Reaches Its Breaking Point as U.S. Aid Dries Up

The fallout of the war in Sudan has led to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, but aid to its victims is vanishing. Pregnant women’s lives are in the balance.

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Starvation and Bombs in Besieged Sudanese City As Residents Cry for Help

At least 260,000 civilians trapped in El Fasher face a dire choice: risk being starved or bombed if they stay, and raped or killed if they flee.

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How Trump Is Shaking Trust in the Economy, and Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Shut Down

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

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Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Officially Hit by Famine, Global Group Says

At least half a million people in the enclave were facing the most severe conditions measured by U.N.-backed international experts: starvation, acute malnutrition and death.

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A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply

The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has disrupted the global supply chain that provides a therapeutic food, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.

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Larry Ellison Wants to Do Good, Do Research and Make a Profit

Oracle’s co-founder and the world’s second-richest person pledges to concentrate his vast resources on his own research institute and for-profit ventures to address health, hunger and climate change.

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As Gaza Hunger Crisis Worsens, Israel Lets in Little Aid

An increasing number of Palestinians are dying from hunger-related causes. Others are weak from months of extreme deprivation and vulnerable to illnesses in a territory short on crucial medical supplies, fuel and clean water, aid workers say.

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