Vietnam reports record-high temperature
HANOI: Vietnam has reported a record-high temperature, with climate experts warning such extreme weather events would continue. The country’s scientists have warned that global warming is exacerbating adverse weather, with the region sweltering under a heatwave in April — when neighbouring countries also registered record temperatures. A temperature of 44.1 degrees Celcius (111.38 degrees Fahrenheit) […]
Clashes rock Sudan despite truce as ex-PM warns of ‘nightmare’
Heavy fighting again rocked Sudan’s capital Sunday as tens of thousands have fled the bloody turmoil and a former prime minister warned of the “nightmare” risk of a descent into full-scale civil war. Army forces clashed with paramilitaries in downtown Khartoum as deadly hostilities have entered a third week despite the latest ceasefire, which was […]
Sunak refuses to apologise for UK’s role in slave trade
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has refused to apologise or to pay reparations for the UK’s historic role in the slavery, saying that ‘trying to unpick our history is not the right way forward’. According to the Guardian, Sunak was questioned in the House of Commons by the Labour MP Bell Riberio-Addy on Wednesday, where […]
Sudan’s warring rivals agree 72-hour ceasefire
A US-brokered 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals officially came into effect Tuesday after 10 days of urban combat killed hundreds, wounded thousands and sparked a mass exodus of foreigners. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to the ceasefire “following intense negotiations”, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in […]
China says it respects sovereignty of ex-Soviet states after EU uproar over Ukraine comment
China respects the status of former Soviet member states as sovereign nations, its foreign ministry said on Monday, distancing itself from comments by its envoy to Paris that triggered an uproar among European capitals. Several EU foreign ministers had said earlier that comments by Ambassador Lu Shaye — in which he questioned the sovereignty of […]
Azerbaijan says set up checkpoint on key route to Armenia
Azerbaijan said it set up a checkpoint on Sunday on the Lachin corridor, the only land link between Armenia and the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. The two ex-Soviet Caucasus nations have fought two wars over Azerbaijan’s Armenian-majority region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Sunday’s checkpoint is the first set up by Azerbaijan since the latest war ended in 2020 […]
Thousands flee Sudan capital as clashes rage despite truce
Thousands of residents fled Sudan’s capital on Wednesday as fighting between the army and paramilitaries — which has killed around 200 people — raged for a fifth day after a 24-hour truce collapsed. The violence erupted on Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: army chief Abdel Fattah […]
Israeli forces shoot 7 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
NABLUS: Israeli forces shot and wounded seven people in a raid on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said as the Israeli army confirmed an operation was underway. The ministry reported “six minor injuries from live fire” reached a governmental hospital in Jenin, while another person shot had been admitted to […]
Sudanese paramilitary force claims control of Khartoum airport amid clashes with army
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Saturday that it had taken control of Khartoum international airport, as clashes erupted with the army. Gunfire could be heard in several parts of Khartoum and eyewitnesses said gunfire was also heard in adjoining cities. A Reuters journalist saw cannons and armoured vehicles deployed in the streets […]
Yemen prisoner swap starts as truce talks set for second round
A major prisoner exchange involving hundreds of captives from Yemen’s civil war got underway on Friday after truce talks ended with an agreement to hold a second round. The first plane departed Sanaa, the rebel-held capital, for government-controlled Aden hours after a Saudi delegation departed without a fresh truce but with plans to meet again. […]
