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Doctors Without Borders says it was told to leave by November 9 and that it hopes to find a ‘positive solution’ soon.The medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (known by its French acronym, MSF) has said it was ordered to leave Libya by November 9, with no reason given for its expulsion.MSF had already been forced to suspend its activities in the country in March, and said in a statement on Wednesday that it was told to leave in a recent letter from the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Massacre in el-Fasher: What’s happening…

Rights groups say the RSF paramilitary group committed mass atrocities as it seized the besieged city in North Darfur.Thousands of people are feared to have been murdered in the western Sudanese city of el-Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized it.El-Fasher fell on Sunday after 18 months of RSF siege, which blocked the entry of food and essentials for hundreds of thousands of people trapped inside.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Yale report finds evidence of RSF mass killings in Sudan’s el-Fasherlist 2 of 4Video evidence of atrocities emerges as Sudan’s…

Mohammed Zakaria lost sleep tracking el-Fasher’s fall, then saw on social media that his family had been killed.Mohammed Zakaria had not slept in two days when the news came that el-Fasher, his hometown, had fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.The Sudanese video journalist and human rights activist had been monitoring the deteriorating situation from Kampala, Uganda, watching as the paramilitary seized the North Darfur governor’s office in the city on Friday, edging closer to taking control of all of it.He feared the worst.For Zakaria, the “nightmare” scenario is intensely personal. Searching through social media after the city’s fall, he…

Trump has backed Israel through numerous violations of the ceasefire, which has yet to enter its crucial second phase.Palestinians in Gaza have experienced the deadliest 24 hours since the start of the United States-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect almost three weeks ago.Israel killed more than 100 people, including 46 children, in attacks late on Tuesday and on Wednesday. Medical sources told media the strikes hit all over Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel kills over 100 Palestinians in Gaza as Trump insists truce holdslist 2 of 3Trump says he expects ‘great deal’ with…

The US president says Israel has a right to ‘hit back’ after reports that a soldier was killed in southern Gaza.United States President Donald Trump insists that the Washington-brokered ceasefire in Gaza is holding, despite Israeli forces killing more than 100 Palestinians, including 46 children.In about 12 hours from Tuesday to Wednesday, Israeli attacks on Gaza killed at least 104 Palestinians and wounded 253 others, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3New Gaza festival for women’s cinema shares Hind Rajab’s storylist 2 of 3Hamas hands over remains of captive as Israeli drone strike…

Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab says satellite images appear to show mass killings in Sudan’s western city of el-Fasher.The fall of the Sudanese city of el-Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has resulted in mass killings by the group, according to an analysis of satellite imagery viewed by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL).The RSF had laid siege to el-Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur in western Sudan, for more than a year and a half. Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced the withdrawal of his forces from their last stronghold in the wider Darfur region late…

Expert’s 24-page report looks at role of 63 states in ‘collective crime’ of Gaza genocide, with US cast in lead role.Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on Palestine, has taken aim at states complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, calling for a new multilateralism that will prevent it from happening again in future.Albanese presented her new report – “Gaza Genocide: a collective crime” – to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, addressing delegates remotely from the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Unidentified Palestinian bodies recovered from…

Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon, violating a November 2024 ceasefire agreement to end conflict with Hezbollah.President Joseph Aoun has called for an end to near-daily deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon during a meeting in Beirut with United States envoy Morgan Ortagus, as Israel has intensified its attacks on its northern neighbour in recent days.Israel has repeatedly bombarded Lebanon, flagrantly violating a November 2024 ceasefire that sought to end over a year of hostilities that escalated into months of full-blown war, with Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. In October alone, Israeli strikes have killed more than 20 people in Lebanon, according to the…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is deciding next steps after Hamas returned the remains of a previously recovered captive.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas has committed a “clear violation” of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza by returning remains belonging to a previously recovered captive.Netanyahu’s announcement on Tuesday has rattled the already straining ceasefire agreement and sparked fears over the nature of the Israeli response.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli strikes kill three in Lebanon before army targets UN patrollist 2 of 3Unexploded Israeli bombs threaten lives as Gaza clears debris, finds bodieslist 3 of 3Israel…

Three days of negotiations in Istanbul fail to yield breakthrough, but both sides maintain ceasefire is holding.The peace process between Pakistan and Afghanistan is mired in uncertainty after the pair reportedly failed to find a breakthrough during three days of negotiations in Istanbul.State media in each country blamed the other on Tuesday for the lack of agreement on a long-term truce in Turkiye. The talks were spurred after tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers over armed groups operating in the latter resulted in deadly cross-border hostilities earlier this month.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Pakistan says ceasefire…