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Sudan’s sovereign council, headed by army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, has said that it was willing to cooperate with the United States and Saudi Arabia to seek peace in the country. In a statement, the council thanked Washington and Riyadh for “their continued efforts to stop Sudanese bloodshed,” and
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The European Union imposed sanctions on a top leader of Sudan’s paramilitary group over “grave and ongoing atrocities” by his forces in the more than two-year war with the Sudanese army, including in the western Darfur region where they captured the army’s last stronghold last month. The measures
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Chinese diplomats airing hawkish views, or “wolf warriors” as they are known, have returned to the global stage, drumming up criticism of Japan’s prime minister in countries that suffered from its military actions during World War Two. A fortnight after new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told lawmakers that an
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Swiss authorities were searching Friday for two robbers who overpowered a security guard at an ancient Rome-themed museum in Lausanne, smashed a display case and made off with dozens of gold coins that had been displayed inside. City police said the suspects had purchased tickets and waited until other visitors
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It’s 6 a.m. and Tholakele Nkwanyana is one of the first people to arrive at the Diepsloot public health clinic in Johannesburg, not to seek medical attention but to stop foreigners from getting care. She and fellow members of South Africa’s anti-immigrant group Operation Dudula — which means
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Pressure is mounting on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to take stronger action to show accountability in the face of a corruption scandal presenting the greatest threat to his government since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Last week, Zelensky dismissed two top officials and imposed sanctions on close associates after government investigators
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South African police and army units held a parade Wednesday involving helicopters, K-9 dog units and officers on motorcycles in a show of force ahead of expected protests around this weekend’s Group of 20 world leaders summit in Johannesburg. South Africa has deployed 3,500 extra police officers and
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Siding with the Trump administration, a US appeals court on Wednesday blocked a judge’s order that had restricted how ICE agents could use tear gas and other weapons on people protesting immigration crackdowns in Chicago. In a brief opinion, the Chicago-based 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted the
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A new US peace proposal for Ukraine would see Kyiv ceding land and more than halving its army, a source told AFP Wednesday, as a Russian strike in the west of the country killed 26 people, including three children. The proposal appears to repeat Russia’s maximalist terms to end
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Iran on Wednesday released a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with all its 21 crew members, days after Tehran seized the ship without explanation, the vessel’s managers said. Tehran had no immediate comment on the release of the Talara, which marked the first ship seizure by Iran in months. The Middle
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Myanmar’s military said Wednesday it raided an Internet scam hub on the Thai border, arresting nearly 350 people, part of a highly publicized crackdown against the booming black market compounds. Sprawling fraud factories have ballooned in war-torn Myanmar’s border regions, housing scammers targeting Internet users with romance and
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A large Russian drone and missile barrage killed 10 people and injured dozens more in Ukraine overnight, officials said Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was due in Turkiye for talks on finding a settlement that might end Russia’s invasion of his country. The nighttime attack hit two nine-story
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Colombia’s most-wanted guerrilla leader Ivan Mordisco threatened to disrupt the country’s 2026 presidential election, in a video released on Tuesday, in response to deadly military strikes against his armed group. The military operations were part of President Gustavo Petro’s intensifying attacks against groups involved in cocaine trafficking,
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Poland said Wednesday it would close the Russian consulate in the northern port city of Gdansk, after accusing Moscow of orchestrating the sabotage of a train line earlier this week. Poland had already shut other consulates outside Warsaw, and the move would leave the Russian embassy in the capital as
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Britain warned Russia on Wednesday that it was ready to deal with any incursions into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected on the edge of UK waters north of Scotland. Defense Secretary John Healey said the Russian vessel had directed lasers at pilots of surveillance aircraft monitoring
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Saudi Arabia and the US signed a number of agreements on Tuesday to bolster their strategic ties as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited the White House. He and US President Donald Trump signed agreements on strategic defense, artificial intelligence, nuclear energy, critical metals, Saudi investments, financial and economic partnership,