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- Middle East
UN holds special session on Sudan after hundreds killed in El-Fasher
Geneva: The UN’s top human rights body was holding a one-day special session Friday to highlight hundreds of killings at a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region and other atrocities committed last month…
- Opinions
Zakaria’s new Middle East fantasy ignores Gulf atrocities in war
When there is widespread condemnation of the stand taken by Gulf monarchies on Gaza carnage and Sudanese civil war, the Washington Post columnist, Fareed Zakaria, deemed it fit to shower praise on…
- Middle East
Sudan’s RSF agrees on truce proposed by US-led mediator group
Cairo: The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said Thursday, November 6, it has agreed to a humanitarian truce…
- Middle East
‘Do you know Shah Rukh Khan?’: Indian man kidnapped by RSF fighters in Sudan
A 36-year-old Indian man has been kidnapped by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged Darfur region, according to media reports. The abduction highlights the worsening security situation in the…
- Middle East
Emirates ad faces backlash over UAE’s arms ties to Sudan’s RSF
Emirates, the flagship carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is facing widespread backlash online after posting an advertisement promoting its luxury A380 business class cabin. The criticism comes as the UAE…
- Middle East
Sudan conflict: UN describes North Darfur situation as ‘catastrophic’
United Nations: The situation in Sudan’s North Darfur state remains “catastrophic” following the fall of its capital, El Fasher, with continued attacks on civilians, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the…
- World
UN warns of worsening violence in Sudan’s El-Fasher
United Nations: The UN Security Council voiced grave concern over escalating violence in and around El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur state. In a press statement, on Thursday, October 30, the members…
- Middle East
UAE faces scrutiny over arms links to Sudan’s RSF amid El-Fasher fall
As the conflict in Sudan worsens, several intelligence briefings and international investigations have linked the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to alleged arms supplies and financial networks tied to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support…
- Middle East
Aid groups fear mass killings after RSF seizes Sudan’s El-Fasher
Khartoum: Aid workers worried on Thursday, October 30, that only a trickle of the people believed to have fled a paramilitary force that seized a city in Sudan’s Darfur region have reached…
- World
Over 2,000 civilians killed by RSF in Sudan’s El Fasher, says govt
Khartoum: The Sudanese government said Wednesday, October 29, that more than 2,000 civilians have been killed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in western Sudan’s El Fasher since it entered the…
- Hyderabad
Speeding car overturns on Hyderabad’s JNTU flyover, 2 detained
Hyderabad: A speeding car created panic on the JNTU flyover in Hyderabad on Sunday morning, October 26. The incident occurred around 7:50 am when the car, ascending the flyover after passing the…
- Middle East
UN chief urges immediate ceasefire in Sudan’s El Fasher amid worsening siege
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate ceasefire in and around the El Fasher area in Sudan’s North Darfur, his spokesman said. The UN chief is appalled by…
- Middle East
Sudan’s El Fasher under siege for 500 days, children ‘starving’: UN
United Nations: Under siege for 500 days, El Fasher city in Sudan’s North Darfur state has become the epicentre of suffering for children, UN humanitarians have said. The UN Office for the…
- Middle East
Sudan war: Thousands head back to Khartoum with no basic needs
Khartoum: All that remains of Afaf al-Tayeb’s home in Sudan’s Khartoum province is a charred, windowless structure with peeling paint — yet in June, she eagerly returned, feeling safe again for the…
- Middle East
Israel in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan
Tel Aviv: Israel is in discussions with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country, part of a wider effort by Israel…
