DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed has called for a peaceful end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. During a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Hasina called for “finding a way to stop the Russia-Ukraine war through negotiations and a peaceful manner,” state-run Bangladesh Sangbad ...
DOHA, Qatar (AA/AFP) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani discussed developments in war-torn Sudan on Thursday with Sudanese de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, according to the Qatari state news agency QNA. In a meeting in Doha, Sheikh Tamim reiterated Qatar’s call for warring rivals to stop “the fighting in Sud...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has sanctioned a high-ranking leader and a regional commander within Sudan’s Rapid Security Forces (RSF). Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo, the senior RSF official, is being sanctioned for the RSF’s “acts of violence and human rights abuses, including the massacre of civilians, ethnic killings, and use ...
Near Deir Ezzor, Syria – AFP Kurdish-led forces were sending reinforcements to eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor province on Monday amid days of clashes with Arab fighters loyal to a detained local official, an AFP correspondent said. Fighting erupted after the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) detained Ahmad al-Khabil, head of the...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) chief proposed to the army on Tuesday that the two forces be integrated to end the war in Sudan, hoping that peace would prevail throughout the country. “We are fighting for Sudan, but the remnants (in reference to the Sudanese army) are fighting for […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrived in South Sudan on Monday for talks with its leaders about his country’s conflict. The visit is the second by al-Burhan since clashes broke out between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in April. Last week, the army [&...
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Some 4.8 million civilians have been displaced by ongoing fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF). A statement from the U.N. Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said more than 3.8 million people have been displaced inside the country, while one million have fled across...
ANKARA, Türkiye – U.S. jets have conducted airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in the eastern Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor. The area is also the scene of clashes between Arab tribes and Kurdish armed groups PKK and YPG. Local informants told Turkiye’s Anadolu news agency that these groups had gathered between Abu Kamal and the Euphr...
Depleted uranium is radioactive element and a byproduct of the production of fuel used in nuclear power plants WASHINGTON – The U.S. has decided to supply depleted uranium shells to Ukraine as part of a new military assistance package. The shells, which can be fired from U.S. Abrams tanks, are expected to arrive in Ukraine […]
Wad Madani, Sudan – AFP At least 20 civilians including two children were killed in Khartoum on Sunday, according to Sudanese activists. “The death toll from the aerial bombardment” in southern Khartoum “has risen to 20 civilian fatalities,” according to a statement by the neighbourhood’s resistance committe...
