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Sudan Doctors Network says military use of hospital is ‘a blatant violation of sanctity of medical institutions’.The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have converted a large part of Al-Nuhud Hospital in West Kordofan in wartorn Sudan’s south into a military command centre and barracks since their takeover of the city more than five months ago, according to the Sudan Doctors Network.The nongovernmental organisation said on Friday that the RSF, the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces’ (SAF) bitter rival in the brutal three-year civil war, has been preventing the hospital from fulfilling its essential role in providing healthcare for the population.Recommended Stories list…
Two Syrian children are among those killed by Israeli strikes following the incursion into the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside.At least 13 people, including children, have been killed and 25 were injured as Israel launched another incursion into Syrian territory in the Damascus countryside, according to state media, with several Israeli soldiers also reported wounded in clashes.Syrian state media reported on Friday that two children were among those killed in the Israeli dawn raid and strikes, which forced dozens of families to flee from the town of Beit Jinn to nearby and safer areas.Recommended Stories list of…
Aman says it will take ‘all available measures’ to stop Russian authorities from recruiting its citizens to fight in war.Jordan has demanded that Russian authorities stop illegally recruiting its citizens after two Jordanians were killed fighting in the Russian military.Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the warning on Thursday against Moscow and external “entities” working online to recruit people on Moscow’s behalf.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘Real uncertainty’: What to know about Honduras’ presidential electionlist 2 of 4Guinea-Bissau’s deposed President Embalo arrives in Senegal after couplist 3 of 4National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom dies after DC shooting:…
Reigning European U-17 champions Portugal beat Austria 1-0 to lift the FIFA U-17 World Cup for the first time.Portugal lifted their first FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 1-0 victory against Austria in the final of the 2025 edition at Doha’s Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar.Anisio Cabral netted the only goal of the game in the 32nd minute on Thursday, handing the Portuguese the win in a match that saw both sides competing in the final at this level for the first time.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Luka Doncic, Lakers brush aside Clippers, advance in NBA Cuplist…
Observers condemn Israeli army’s killing of two Palestinian men in northern West Bank as ‘shocking crime’.Israeli soldiers have shot and killed two Palestinian men during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin as the pair attempted to surrender to the military, according to video footage and witness accounts from the scene.media’s Nour Odeh said journalists in Jenin reported on Thursday that the two men had “pulled their shirts up, showing that they were unarmed” before the military ordered them to go back into a building that they had been holed up in.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist…
Sonia Dahmani, arrested in 2024 after questioning government policy on African refugees and migrants, says she hopes her release will mark end of ‘nightmare’ for herself and other prisoners.Tunisia has freed prominent lawyer Sonia Dahmani, a vocal critic of President Kais Saied, after a year and a half in prison.Dahmani, who is also a media commentator, is widely seen as a leading dissenting voice in Tunisia, and her arrest prompted local protests demanding her release and international criticism.She was convicted over comments during a television appearance that questioned the government’s stance on undocumented African refugees and migrants in Tunisia. When…
Advocates say the 16-year-old’s health had been in decline since his arrest in February for allegedly throwing rocks.Israeli authorities have freed Palestinian American teenager Mohammed Ibrahim after more than nine months of detention, in a case that advocates say embodies Israeli abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.Mohammed’s release on Thursday came after a months-long pressure campaign from United States lawmakers and civil rights groups.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Cold cells, meagre meals: Palestinian American boy suffers in Israeli jaillist 2 of 3US activist from Gaza flotilla alleges ‘psychological torture’ by Israellist 3 of 3Family demands…
Critics worry that the creation of ‘alternative safe communities’ may tip the enclave into permanent division.The United States Department of State has backed plans to establish what it calls “alternative safe communities” (ASC) in Gaza, part of a US-Israeli plan that would appear to divide the Palestinian enclave into two.A State Department spokesperson confirmed to media that it supported the ASC “approach”, saying it was “seen as the most effective way to achieve” the goal of “moving people into safe accommodations as quickly as possible”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4What’s the price tag on Israel’s propaganda machine?list…
Humanitarian group says at least 400 children reached Tawila without their parents after Rapid Support Forces’ advance.Hundreds of Sudanese children have arrived in the town of Tawila in Sudan’s western Darfur region without their parents since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city of el-Fasher last month, a humanitarian group says.The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Thursday that at least 400 unaccompanied children had arrived in Tawila but that the real number was likely much higher.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Sudan’s RSF committing war crimes in Darfur, says Amnestylist 2 of 3US…
The vote is carefully managed from start to finish so that only one outcome is possible: a longer lease on power for el-Sisi.It is difficult to overstate the importance of Egypt’s ongoing House of Representatives elections.The voting results will not only decide the composition of the next parliament but will also determine whether, and for how long, the rule of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be extended.The vote comes amid an economic crisis and growing public frustration, raising the stakes for a president desperate to secure his long-term political survival.El-Sisi came to power following a 2013 military coup, quickly consolidating…