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Army-aligned government returns to the capital, which was quickly overrun by the RSF in the early days of war in 2023.Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris has announced the government’s return to Khartoum, after nearly three years of operating from its wartime capital of Port Sudan.In the early days of the civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, the army-aligned government fled the capital, which was quickly overrun by rival troops.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Sudan’s el-Fasher now a “ghost town” after RSF takeoverlist 2 of 4Sudan…

President Pezeshkian strikes a conciliatory tone in an interview broadcast on state TV, but accuses the US and Israel of fuelling unrest that has killed dozens.President Masoud Pezeshkian has pledged to overhaul Iran’s struggling economy, saying his government is “ready to listen to its people” after two weeks of increasingly violent nationwide demonstrations.Pezeshkian adopted a conciliatory approach during an interview on state television on Sunday, saying his embattled administration was determined to resolve the country’s economic problems while accusing the United States and Israel of fomenting deadly unrest.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Iran says over 100 officers…

South Africa is hosting the BRICS exercises, but two founding members are not participating amid tensions with the US.New Delhi, India – Joint naval drills involving several members of the BRICS bloc, including China, Russia and Iran, have kicked off near South Africa’s coast with South Africa describing the manoeuvres as a vital response to rising maritime tensions globally.The weeklong Will for Peace 2026 exercises, which started on Saturday, are being led by China in Simon’s Town, where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean. They will include drills on rescue and maritime strike operations and technical exchanges, China’s Ministry…

Former hunger strikers from Ireland, Palestine and Guantanamo Bay call on the UK government to take immediate action.To the government of the United Kingdom: We, the undersigned, write to you today as survivors of state violence.We are a collective of former hunger strikers from Palestine, Ireland and Guantánamo Bay. Hunger strikes end only when power intervenes, or when people die. We learned, through pain, permanent damage, and watching our comrades fall, how states behave when prisoners have no choice but to refuse the only right afforded to them: food.As such, we write in uncompromising solidarity with the hunger strikers held today…

Killing comes amid record Israeli violence and settlement expansion across the occupied West Bank.A Palestinian man has died from gunshot wounds after Israeli forces opened fire on his vehicle in Hebron, amid escalating violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza shows no signs of abating.Shaker Falah al-Jaabari, 58, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning after being shot the previous night in eastern Hebron, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel says Nickolay Mladenov to direct Trump’s proposed Gaza ‘peace board’list 2 of 3‘We just…

Four babies have died from the cold since November, as power cuts disable incubators and families in flooded tents struggle to keep their children alive.In the bitter cold of a Gaza winter, two-month-old Mohammed Abu Harbid has become the latest victim of Israel’s genocidal war that has stripped Palestinians of shelter, warmth and survival.Zaher al-Wahidi, director of health information at the Ministry of Health, told media the infant died from severe hypothermia at al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital.His death brings the number of children who have frozen to death in the enclave since November 2025 to four, and 12 since the start…

Parliament speaker warns US against any attack after Trump threatens military strikes amid nationwide protests.Iran’s state media say dozens of members of the security forces have been killed during protests against an economic crisis, as the parliament speaker warns the United States and Israel of retaliatory strikes if Washington attacks the country.State television said on Sunday that 30 members of the police and security forces were killed in Isfahan province and six others in Kermanshah in western Iran in the latest riots.The semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported that 109 security personnel had been killed in the protests across the country.The…

But it will not extinguish its people’s drive to survive, rebuild and prosper.I work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker organisation that has been present in Gaza for more than 77 years. AFSC began its work in 1948 when the United Nations asked it to organise relief efforts for Palestinian refugees who had been expelled from their land by Zionist forces.For two years, AFSC’s Gaza staff helped set up and run 10 refugee camps in al-Faluja, Bureij, Deir el-Balah, Gaza City, Jabalia, Maghazi, Nuseirat, Khan Younis and Rafah. They worked to provide food, shelter and sanitation as…

Seven others have been wounded in the latest attacks carried out in violation of the October ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas.Three Palestinians have been killed and seven wounded in Israeli attacks in different areas of the Gaza Strip in the latest violation of a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, according to medical sources.Sources told media the areas Israeli raids targeted overnight into Sunday included Rafah and Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the Zeitoun neighbourhood in the southeast of Gaza City and various other neighbourhoods across the besieged enclave.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Extreme cold kills…

Defence minister says Somalia has ‘confirmed information’ that Israel plans to forcibly move Palestinians to Somaliland.Somalia’s Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi has accused Israel of planning to forcibly displace Palestinians to the breakaway region of Somaliland, denouncing the alleged plan as a “serious violation” of international law.In an interview with media on Saturday, Fiqi said Somalia has “confirmed information that Israel has a plan to transfer Palestinians and to send them to [Somaliland]”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4What does Israel’s recognition of Somaliland mean for the region?list 2 of 4Somaliland recognition: Israel’s foothold in the Horn of…