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As battle for Sudan continues, civilian deaths top 400

By The Associated Press Gunfire and heavy artillery fire persisted Saturday in parts of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, residents said, despite the extension of a cease-fire between the country’s two top generals, whose battle for power has killed hundreds and sent thousands fleeing for their lives. With ordinary Sudanese caught in the crossfire, the civilian death

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Man kills 5 in Texas after family complained about gunfire

Law enforcement authorities removing bodies from a scene where five people were shot the night before Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Cleveland, TX. Authorities say an 8-year-old child was among five people killed in a shooting at the home in southeast Texas late Friday night. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP) By The Associated Press A

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Lavrov says G7 shares in global economy drop, while shares of emerging markets rise

By Anadolu Agency Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday that over the past three decades, the shares of the Group of Seven (G7) countries in the global economy have significantly decreased, while the influence of emerging markets is growing steadily. China, in particular, has become the world’s leading economy in terms of purchasing

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Italy’s Meloni defends Britain’s migration deal with Rwanda

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomes Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Downing Street in London, Britain April 27, 2023. Reuters/Maja Smiejkowska By Reuters Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday Britain’s plan to send illegal migrants to Rwanda was a deal between two free nations which are safeguarding the safety of the people,

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Taliban not invited to UN Doha meeting on Afghanistan, says UN

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) at the U.S. State Department in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2023. Photographer Tom Brenner By Reuters U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has not invited the Taliban administration to a meeting that he is convening with special envoys on Afghanistan

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Turkish military plane on Sudan evacuation mission comes under gunfire

By Anadolu Agency A Turkish military plane on a mission to evacuate Turkish citizens from conflict-torn Sudan came under gunfire, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Friday. A Turkish C-130 evacuation plane, which was headed to Wadi Seidna Air Base for the evacuation, came under small arms fire, said a ministry statement. The plane

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U.S. refused to take their troops out of Somalia

President Joe Biden speaks during. News conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) The United States House of Representatives has rejected a resolution demanding the withdrawal of American troops from Somalia within a year, except for those guarding the

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Uganda’s dictator Museveni says he believes the problem in Somalia can be solved

File Photo/Somali Times President Yoweri Museveni, who is the Chairman of the Heads of State of Troops in Somalia (TCCs) as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), has promised to stabilize the Horn of Africa. Dictator Yoweri Museveni gave this assurance at the Extraordinary Summit of the countries that have troops in

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Putin, Erdogan speak by phone before inauguration of Turkish nuclear plant

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan October 13, 2022. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via Reuters By Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan held talks by telephone on Thursday,

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NATO allies send 1,500 combat vehicles, 230 tanks to Ukraine

By The Associated Press NATO countries have delivered more than 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine amid its war with Russia, the military alliance’s chief said Thursday, giving Kyiv a bigger punch as it appears poised to launch a counteroffensive. Along with more than 1,550 armored vehicles, 230 tanks and other equipment, member

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