A rebel militia known as M23 has seized the key Congolese city of Goma, threatening displaced civilians and raising fears of a broader regional war. Some 400,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Congo as the rebels advanced on Goma, according to the U.N. refugee agency. In the last few days, many more have […]

Francisco Javier Remes Sánchez was puzzled as he watched President Trump sign an executive order last week renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America as part of his pledge to honor “American greatness.” “That man talks a lot and we have no choice but to defend Mexico,” said Mr. Remes Sánchez, 52, […]

Eight of the 26 hostages that Hamas is expected to release in the coming few weeks are no longer alive, according to Israeli officials. Late on Sunday, Hamas provided Israel with long-awaited information about the status of the hostages listed for release during the first phase of the cease-fire agreement in the Gaza war. The […]

The first demo of Dark and Darker debuted almost two years ago, just a few months before the mobile version of the game was announced. Now, Dark and Darker Mobile’s North American soft launch is just a few days away, and the global launch is expected to arrive in the first half of this year. […]

An Air Busan plane caught fire at an airport in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday evening, forcing passengers and crew to evacuate, according to Yonhap news agency. The plane was scheduled to fly to Hong Kong from Gimhae International Airport, fire officials told the news agency, when a fire broke out near its tail at […]

For years, Dubrovnik, Croatia, has been a poster child for overtourism, with summer visitors vastly outnumbering the local population and the municipal government repeatedly introducing measures to diminish the size and impact of a flood of tourists that turns the historic center into a crowded parking lot of selfie-snappers. But you would never know about […]

Kentucky Route Zero is celebrating its five-year anniversary today, January 28, 2025. Below, we look back at its inspirations and excitement for experimentation. It is in the details that Kentucky Route Zero stakes its claim beyond video games. Its typewriter typography. The terse descriptions of characters between bursts of dialogue. The adventure game actions written […]

When the leaders of a major Japanese broadcaster stepped down to take responsibility for the botched handling of a sexual assault allegation, it was supposed to be a ritual show of remorse in corporate Japan. Instead, the news conference to announce the resignations turned into a marathon display of social outrage as executives faced a […]

Hundreds of protesters attacked several foreign embassies and a United Nations building in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, on Tuesday as a rebel offensive backed by neighboring Rwanda in the country’s east threatened to spiral into a regional crisis. Anger at Congo’s foreign allies has been rising in the country this week over […]

Dying Light developer Techland has ambitious plans for its zombie-apocalypse series, as the studio is looking to expand the franchise in the future. As part of its 10th-anniversary celebration of the original Dying Light’s launch on console and PC, Techland says it’ll grow Dying Light across “multiple unannounced projects” and into other forms of media. […]