MOSCOW / TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the armed rebellion of the Wagner group in phone talks with the Qatari emir and Iranian president. In a statement on its website, the Kremlin said Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani supported the Russian leadership against the rebellion during the phone talk with [...
Vilnius, Lithuania (AFP): NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said the weekend mutiny by mercenary troops in Russia has shown that President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was a “mistake”. “We are monitoring the situation in Russia. The events over the weekend are an internal Russian matter, and yet another demonstrat...
Beijing, China (AFP): A security crisis in Russia has compounded fears in China that its strategic partner is not as stable as before, analysts say. China has emerged as Russia’s most important ally since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022. During a March summit in Moscow, presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin declared that their...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): At least 14 civilians have been killed in war-torn Sudan’s capital as rival forces are locked in a key battle over control of the Khartoum police headquarters, activists said Monday. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which since mid-April has been fighting Sudan’s regular army, announced late Sunda...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Artillery fire, air strikes and gun battles rocked Sudan’s capital on Saturday, witnesses told AFP, as the UN urged a stop to “wanton killings” that have left decomposing bodies in Darfur. While fighting rages, relief efforts have stalled after more than two months of fighting between rival generals. Ho...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Wagner mercenaries were returning to base on Sunday as their mutinous leader agreed to go into exile after President Vladimir Putin was forced to accept an amnesty deal. The agreement appears to end the immediate threat that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private army could storm Moscow, but analysts said Wagner’s revolt...
ISTANBUL (AA): Malik Shiraz is frantically searching for his brothers in Kalamata, a small town on the southern Greek coast engulfed in a frenzy since last week’s deadly migrant shipwreck. “It was such a small boat. Why did the agents put so many people on it?” he asked, desperation palpable in his voice. By “agents” […]
Sewekhaye, Senegal (AFP): An outbreak of violence in Senegal is having a ricochet effect on the country’s sheep herders ahead of the Muslim festival of sacrifice- the Eid al Adha. The deadliest clashes in years broke out in the capital Dakar on June 1 after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was sentenced to two years’ jail, […...
ANKARA (AA): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged the warring parties in Sudan to lay down their arms in a cease-fire ahead of the Muslim religious festival of Eid Al-Adha. In a statement, Hissein Brahim Taha, secretary-general of the Muslim bloc, “appealed to all warring parties in Sudan to work towards a comprehensiv...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Clashes resumed on Wednesday between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group after the expiry of a 3-day cease-fire, according to witnesses. Sounds of artillery shelling were heard in Bahri, north of the capital Khartoum, with billows of smoke seen rising from the area. Jet fighters were al...
