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...
ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Sunday pledged $100 million in humanitarian aid to Sudan amid ongoing clashes between two military rivals. More than 550 people have been killed and thousands injured in fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group since April 15, according to Sudan’s Health Ministry. Sa...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): When a maternity hospital in the Sudanese capital came under bombardment, Esraa Hesbalrasoul snatched her premature twins from an incubator and rushed out in a panic. In the chaos, only one of the infants survived. Hesbalrasoul now tends to her baby in a small hospital in the capital’s twin city of Omdurman that [&...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Gun battles and air strikes on Sunday again flared in Sudan’s capital, which has been rocked by four weeks of fighting despite the latest ceasefire efforts backed by Saudi Arabia and the United States. Multiple truce deals have been declared and quickly violated since fighting erupted between army and paramilitary ...
ISTANBUL (AA) — The UN has warned that nearly 19 million Sudanese will suffer from food insecurity because of ongoing fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. The World Food Program (WFP) expects that the “number of acutely food insecure people in Sudan will increase by between two and 2.5 [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – The official vehicle of Türkiye’s ambassador to Sudan was hit by gunfire on Saturday, as fighting continued between the army and a paramilitary group in the capital Khartoum and its surroundings. No casualties were reported and the source of the gunfire that hit Ismail Cobanoglu’s vehicle was unclear, said Turki...
