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Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during World War II.

Sunday’s delayed start to the truce was a minor problem compared with the difficult choices and American leverage needed to get both parties to the second phase, which could end the war.

A multipronged surprise attack by Palestinian militants put Israel and Gaza on a war footing. Here are images from the assault and its aftermath.

Terrified to step outside because of firefights and bands of armed men in the streets, residents remain stuck in their homes with dwindling supplies of food, water and medicine.

With two generals vying for power, residents in the Sudanese capital said the violence had destroyed hospitals, airfields and homes, and left civilians caught in the crossfire.

“The whole district of Khan Younis is essentially besieged,” a spokeswoman for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said.

“The whole district of Khan Younis is essentially besieged,” a spokeswoman for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said.

The army and the paramilitary forces are locked in a new and ruinous battle for territory across the northeast African nation.

Shelling and shooting has increased after a brief winter lull. Around Vuhledar, a coal mining town in the Donbas region, Ukrainian soldiers are facing off against well-trained Russian forces. Here is what we’re covering: