How armed groups are using fire to displace communities in Sudan’s troubled Darfur LONDON: Fires in western Sudan, reportedly set by militiamen, have torn through hundreds of settlements in recent months, forcing thousands of civilians to flee their homes, while those who remain live in constant fear of attack. A recent report by the Sudan … Read more
AL-MUKALLA: The leader of the Houthi militia has called on families in regions under his control in Yemen to encourage their children to join summer camps, a move that has renewed accusations against the militia of child soldiering. Abdul Malik Al-Houthi announced the opening of the annual summer camps on Saturday, saying they would fill … Read more
DUBAI: Lawyer Omar Ushari still remembers the hope that gripped Khartoum after the uprising that overthrew President Omar Bashir in 2019. Now, after a year of war between rival generals, much of the Sudanese capital lies in ruins.The 46-year-old, then detained for his activism, celebrated behind bars when Bashir was toppled in a palace coup.In … Read more
LONDON/SINGAPORE: Shell and Saudi Aramco, which are competing to buy the assets of Temasek-owned liquefied natural gas trading firm Pavilion Energy, are now locked in price negotiations after completing the due diligence process, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The potential sale comes a decade after the Singapore state investment firm set up … Read more
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved Friday new talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a day after the world’s top court ordered Israel to ensure urgent humanitarian aid reaches people in the Palestinian territory.But despite a binding United Nations Security Council resolution this week demanding an “immediate ceasefire,” fighting continued Friday, including … Read more
CAIRO: Egypt has started paying off dues owed to foreign oil and gas companies operating in the country, the government said on Tuesday, with sources saying that up to $1.5 billion had been set aside for the payments. A cabinet statement said the payment process that had already begun accounted for about 20 percent of … Read more
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: The United States said Tuesday it would continue airdrops of aid to besieged Gaza, despite pleas from Hamas to stop the practice after it said 18 people had died trying to reach food packages.Hamas demanded that its enemy Israel instead allow more aid trucks to enter the war-torn territory, which the … Read more
GENEVA: The situation in war-ravaged Gaza is so desperate that teenagers are now saying they hope to be swiftly killed to escape the “nightmare”, a spokesman for the UN children’s agency said Tuesday.“The unspeakable is regularly said in Gaza,” said James Elder, spokesman for the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF.Speaking to journalists in Geneva via … Read more
Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, said on Friday she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy after tests taken after she had major abdominal surgery in January revealed that cancer had been present.Kate, 42, the wife of heir to the throne Prince William, spent two weeks in hospital in January after undergoing what her office said at the … Read more
WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reiterated that the United States would only help protect NATO members from a future attack by Russia if its European members spent more on defense.In an interview with Britain’s right-leaning GB News that was released on Tuesday, Trump repeated remarks that triggered an uproar both at home and abroad … Read more