When a Signal group chat involving top US officials discussing plans to bomb Yemen included The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, it sparked a firestorm in Washington. Now, The Atlantic has published excerpts from the chat, including input from political figures such as JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, and Michael Waltz. We take a look at where the backlash has landed – and where it hasn't.

South Sudan’s 2011 independence began with jubilation after decades of civil war, but ethnic tensions and weak governance soon triggered fresh conflict. In 2013, President Salva Kiir accused ex-deputy Riek Machar of a coup, splitting the army along ethnic lines and sparking a brutal civil war. A fragile 2018 peace deal established a unity government, but not before tens of thousands died and a third of the population fled. Despite hopeful proclamations, the UN now warns of renewed conflict as millions face dire humanitarian needs. The oil-rich nation’s leaders still struggle with reconciliation and nation-building, leaving its future uncertain.

The war in Gaza has killed nearly 16,000 children since October 2023, most of whom have died in indiscriminate bombings. Yet a deeply unsettling subset of these deaths stands apart - children arriving at trauma centres with gunshot wounds. Doctors in Gaza report seeing these cases nearly every day. Their accounts, corroborated across hospitals and over time, suggest a disturbing pattern. This is not random. It is systematic.

In war-torn Sudan, millions are on the brink of mass starvation as aid agencies issue urgent warnings of an impending humanitarian crisis. The need for immediate food and medical supplies is unprecedented. Yet, as the US significantly cuts vital funding, the global humanitarian system faces its greatest challenge.

Will Donald Trump’s plans of making the US the “crypto capital of the world” be realised, or will the volatile currency leave some Americans with empty pockets? Money Works looks at who gets rich and why many investors get burned.

The US Secretary of Homeland Security is visiting the high security prison in El Salvador that's housing Venezuelan migrants recently deported by the Trump administration. Kristi Noem will meet President Nayib Bukele to discuss the removal of what she calls violent criminals from the US. The deported migrants are accused of being members of a gang which Trump has labeled a terrorist group. But their relatives say they're innocent and should be sent home.

The UN is warning South Sudan is on the brink of "widespread conflict" as reports emerge the Vice President Riek Machar has been arrested. A statement from his political party says a convoy of heavily armed vehicles carrying the defence minister and chief of national security entered his residence in Juba. Machar was arrested on unknown charges. The party calls it unconstitutional and a breach of a 2018 peace deal.

'Damage control' is how many are describing the Trump administration's handling of a leak of highly sensitive information. Eighteen senior officials -- including the CIA director, the defence secretary, the national security adviser and the vice president -- were part of an online group chat that's gone viral. An American journalist was also on that chat -- and was made privy to US plans to strike Houthi positions in Yemen – before they happened. The breach is raising questions about the handling of military intelligence and top-secret information. So, will there be consequences beyond Washington? And how will long-time allies in Europe respond to being criticised in the chat?

Sudan's military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has declared the capital 'free' after returning to the presidential palace in Khartoum. Burhan's forces have made major gains against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in recent days. Earlier they regained control of Khartoum's airport and a weapons manufacturing centre.

War is looming once again in Tigray, a northern region of Ethiopia near the border with Eritrea. Political disputes are fragmenting the regional government and sparking warnings of a new crisis. Tigray has not yet recovered from a devastating war that ended in 2022. With aid cuts now worsening hunger and uncertainty, is it on the brink of another catastrophic conflict?