The scaffolding built to reduce the threats of war, famine and crisis is crumbling. In an era of transactional nationalism, there are few states willing to fight to keep global solidarity on the ...

More than 300 civilians were killed in two days of intense fighting in Sudan’s conflict-wracked Darfur region, the U.N.

The war has caused more than 150,000 deaths, displaced nearly 14 million people, and triggered an urgent humanitarian crisis that risks destabilizing the region.

Diplomats and aid officials from around the world are meeting Tuesday in London to try to ease the suffering from the 2-year-old war in Sudan, a conflict that has killed tens of ...