France's Macron dismisses unrest, promises drought action plan
President Emmanuel Macron announced new water-saving measures for France on Thursday as he sought to brush aside weeks of political turmoil over a deeply unpopular pensions reform. Dozens of...
View ArticleNeither Palestinians, nor Hezbollah, nor Israel 'actually really interested...
Israel reinforced troops near its borders with Lebanon and Gaza on Friday following a flare-up in violence that threatened to spiral out of control after police raids this week on the Al-Aqsa mosque...
View Article'What's happening inside Israel is still of concern for both Hezbollah &...
Israel reinforced troops near its borders with Lebanon and Gaza on Friday following a flare-up in violence that threatened to spiral out of control after police raids this week on the Al-Aqsa mosque...
View ArticleIsrael bans non-Muslims from Al-Aqsa compound during Ramadan amid heightened...
Israel halted visits by Jews and tourists to a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Tuesday and its military said soldiers shot dead two Palestinian gunmen in the occupied West Bank, as a wave of unrest...
View Article'United' against Netanyahu: Mass protests, plunging poll numbers show 'people...
Israeli-Palestinian violence intensified since Netanyahu's new government took power in December, a coalition with extreme-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties. And the latest surge came after he...
View ArticleSince Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, 'death penalty used as political tool...
Iran hanged 75 percent more people in 2022 that the previous years, two rights groups said on Thursday, denouncing an "execution machine" aimed at spreading fear as protests shook the country. The...
View ArticleFighting erupts in Sudan’s capital as army, paramilitary trade accusations
Sustained gunfire was heard in the Sudanese capital Khartoum Saturday amid rising tensions between the military and the country's powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary. A Sudanese army...
View ArticleDeath toll mounts in Sudan as army, paramilitary fight for power
Fighting in the Sudanese capital raged into the early hours of Sunday after a day of deadly battles between paramilitaries and the regular army that left at least 56 people dead and nearly 600 wounded.
View ArticleFighting rages in Sudan as death toll climbs
Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum Monday as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals raged for a third day with the death toll rising to nearly 100.
View ArticleSudan fighting: Bombardments rock Sudan capital for third day
In Sudan, close to 100 people have been killed nationwide including three United Nations staff. This as hundreds were injured and fierce fighting continues despite a temporary pause Sunday. There's no...
View ArticleSudan fighting: Is there any hope for a ceasefire or negotiations?
Sudan's embattled capital awoke Monday to a third day of heavy fighting between the army and a powerful rival force for control of the country, as the weekend's civilian death toll rose to 97. The...
View ArticleSudan generals' deadly fight for power: Who are Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and...
Nearly 100 civilians have died and hundreds wounded in ongoing battles between Sudan's regular army and a powerful paramilitary force after long-running bitter brinkmanship spilled into conflict. At...
View ArticleSudan Fighting: Months of escalating tensions between two generals
The fighting in Sudan comes after years of political unrest since military coup in October 2021. It also follows months of escalating tensions between two generals: one the leader of Sudan's army, and...
View ArticleSudan fighting rages: What is the situation in the capital?
As explosions and gunfire thundered outside, Sudanese in the capital Khartoum and other cities huddled in their homes for a third day Monday, while the army and a powerful rival force battled in the...
View ArticleSudan deadly fighting: Army chief does not rule out talks with rival
Some call them Kharthoum's darkest hours in living memory. Four years after the popular uprising that ousted Sudan's longtime strongman Omar al-Bashir, a third day of fighting pinning down residents...
View Article'Nightmare scenario' in Sudan: 'Civil war will not be confined just to one...
Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who became the face of endless military rule in Sudan with his 2021 coup, is now locked in battle with his second-in-command. To seize power in...
View Article'Outbreak of violence' in Sudan: Resistance from military & militia 'towards...
A weeks-long power struggle in Sudan exploded into deadly urban violence between the rival forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup, Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his...
View ArticleDeath toll from Sudan fighting tops 180 as clashes in Khartoum enter third day
As explosions and gunfire thundered outside, Sudanese in the capital Khartoum and other cities huddled in their homes for a third day Monday, while the army and a powerful rival force battled in the...
View ArticleUN envoy to Sudan says more than 180 killed in three days of fighting
In tonight's edition: the death toll from battles being fought in Khartoum's streets between the army and the RSF paramilitary force has cost at least 180 Sudanese civilians their lives over three...
View ArticleUS diplomatic convoy attacked in Sudan, prompting Blinken warning
Washington's top diplomat said Tuesday that a U.S. Embassy convoy came under fire in Sudan and denounced “indiscriminate military operations” as the country’s armed forces and a powerful rival...
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