Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Fighting continues in the Sudanese capital and a city to the south, residents say, pushing more people to undertake dangerous journeys to safety across the country’s borders. Those unable to escape grapple with shortages of food and other essentials, surviving only thanks to Sudanese charity networks among friends ...
ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia has invited head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad, to attend the Arab League summit for the first time since the country’s civil war began in 2011. The Syrian presidency said al-Assad received an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz to attend the summit in the city of Jeddah […]
GENEVA (AA): The EU has launched a humanitarian air bridge to meet the rising needs of conflict-hit people in Sudan. Thirty tons of essential items, including water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as shelter equipment, were transported from the UN warehouses in Dubai to Port Sudan, a European Commission statement said. Upon arrival, they were...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani authorities on Wednesday ordered the deployment of the army in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces due to ongoing demonstrations against the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The federal Interior Ministry approved the provincial caretaker governments’ requests for troops to maintain law and ...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Loud explosions again rocked greater Khartoum on Wednesday, as fighting between Sudan’s warring generals showed no let-up despite talks in Saudi Arabia. “We were woken by explosions and heavy artillery fire,” one resident of Khartoum’s sister city of Omdurman told AFP. During the night, two huge e...
Washington, United States (AFP): The top diplomats of the United States and Britain together called Tuesday for adherence to the “rule of law” in Pakistan after former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest triggered nationwide violence. “We just want to make sure that whatever happens in Pakistan is consistent with the rul...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday as he appeared for hearings at the Islamabad High Court. He has been charged in a number of cases that his party claims are politically motivated. Here is a timeline of events that led to Khan’s arrest. March 8, 2022: 13-party opposition alliance [...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia between Sudan’s warring generals have yielded “no major progress” so far, a Saudi official told AFP, dampening hopes for a quick end to the fighting. Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who heads the param...
ANKARA (AA) – The prime minister of Australia’s New South Wales has defended the decision to not light up the sails of the Sydney Opera House for King Charles’ coronation on Saturday, arguing that it would have caused a “significant” financial burden on taxpayers. “I’d like to keep it for Australia and Australians, and for [&...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar has said that its position on normalizing relations with the Syrian regime remains “unchanged.” On Sunday, the Cairo-based Arab League decided to reinstate Syria’s membership after 12 years of suspension. “The official position of the State of Qatar on normalization with the Syrian regime is a decision linked pri...
