Regional conflicts
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Time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur, in western Sudan, a UN agency has warned, as escalating violence devastates the African nation. People have been forced to consume “grass and peanut shells,” the regional director for Eastern Africa of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. “If assistance doesn’t reach them soon,…
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The US has imposed sanctions on two entities that it said helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for two violent extremists in the West Bank. One of the entities, Mount Hebron Fund, launched an online fundraising campaign that raised $140,000 for settler Yinon Levi. Levi had led a group of settlers that assaulted Palestinian…
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President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the U.S. will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option Netanyahu’s war cabinet favors after a mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, according to officials. The threat of open warfare erupting between the arch Middle East foes and dragging in the United States put…
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Spain, the EU, the UK and Gibraltar achieved “significant progress” on a deal that will define the post-Brexit future of Gibraltar on Friday, according to a joint statement. In a highly anticipated meeting, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron met with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares in Brussels to negotiate the issue that has been…
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Rwanda has accused the US of distorting reality after Washington criticized the East African country for allegedly supporting the M23 rebel group, which has been involved in long-running hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). Renewed clashes between M23 fighters and DR Congo state forces in several cities, including the troubled North Kivu…
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In a surprising turn on January 16, Iran launched missile strikes into Pakistan’s Baluchistan province, claiming it had hit two strongholds of anti-Iran insurgent group Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice). Iran announced the attack in Pakistan concurrent to its strikes in Iraq and Syria. Less than two days later, Pakistan hit back with not only missiles but also fighter jets in…
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Seventeen suspects were on Thursday paraded by the police in connection with the recent killings in parts of Plateau State. The suspects were paraded by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 4, Ebong Eyibio, at the headquarters of the Plateau State Police Command in Jos. Eyibio said eight of the suspects…
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The EU on Tuesday said the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has over the past two days engaged in a series of diplomatic discussions concerning the developments in Gaza, which is under Israeli attacks since Oct. 7. Borrell discussed the ongoing escalation with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and the secretary-general…
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