Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Foreign nations pushed on Monday with evacuations of their citizens from chaos-torn Sudan which, the UN chief warned, is “on the edge of the abyss” after 10 days of brutal fighting between rival forces. As army and paramilitary troops again clashed in Khartoum and across the country, terrified Sudanese have s...
Bamako, Mali (AFP): Ten civilians and three soldiers were killed and 88 militants “neutralised” in multiple incidents across Mali Saturday, the government said, in a wave of bloodshed it described as a resurgence of “terrorist incidents”. Early Saturday morning, suspected militants attacked the Sevare airport area in th...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): US troops swooped in on helicopters to evacuate embassy staff from Sudan’s battle-torn capital, President Joe Biden said Sunday, as other nations sought to help their citizens flee deadly fighting between rival generals. France and Turkey on Sunday also launched evacuation operations from the chaos-torn northeast A...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Fighting in Sudan’s capital entered a second week Saturday as crackling gunfire shattered a temporary truce, the latest battles between forces of rival generals that have already left hundreds dead and thousands wounded. Overnight, the heavy explosions that had previously rocked the city in recent days had subsided...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): The forces of two rival generals fought intense street battles in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses reported, as the warring parties ignored appeals for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire. More than 400 people have been killed and thousands wounded since the fighting erupted Saturday between forces loyal to Su...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization said Friday that 413 people have died in the current Sudan conflict, while the UN children’s agency said children are paying a high price, with at least nine reportedly killed in the fighting and more than 50 badly injured. WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris told a UN press conference [&hel...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A special court in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday acquitted 67 accused in a case related to the 2002 Naroda Gam massacre, in which 11 Muslims were killed during communal riots. Maya Kodnani, a former lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Babu Bajrangi, a leader […]
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Explosions and gunfire resounded in Sudan’s capital Thursday as fighting between the forces of two rival generals showed no signs of abating ahead of festivities marking the end of Ramadan. Nearly 300 people have been killed since the fighting erupted Saturday between forces loyal to Sudan’s army chief Abdel ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The Legislative Assembly of Pakistan-administered Kashmir has elected its speaker Chaudhry Anwarul Haq as the new prime minister after more than a week of political uncertainty following the disqualification of the region’s previous premier by a local court. According to the Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Haq was elec...
Sanaa, Yemen (AFP): More than 80 people were killed and hundreds injured in a crush at a charity distribution event in war-torn Yemen on Thursday, Houthi officials said after one of the deadliest stampedes in a decade. The latest tragedy to strike the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country came days ahead of Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim […]
