UN chief demands justice for staff deaths as fighting rages in Sudan

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned clashes in Sudan that have left dozens of civilians dead including three workers for the global body’s food agency, demanding swift justice over the killings. Guterres “strongly condemns the deaths and injuries of civilians, including the death of three staff members of the World Food Programme in North Darfur, مزید پڑھیں

3 Pakistanis among 16 dead in Dubai residential building fire: report

Sixteen people, including three Pakistanis, were killed and nine were injured in a Dubai residential building fire on Saturday, local media said on Sunday. The fire engulfed the five-storey building in the Al-Ras neighborhood, one of the oldest parts of Dubai and home to many migrant workers and traders, on Saturday afternoon, according to Abu مزید پڑھیں

Fighting erupts in Khartoum as army and paramilitary force clash

A powerful paramilitary group has claimed to have taken control of several key sites in Sudan, including the presidential palace in central Khartoum, following fighting with the regular army. According to Arab media reports, in a statement on Saturday, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it had taken “full control” of the palace as well مزید پڑھیں

In protest, a Tunisian player set himself on fire

A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week as a protest against “police injustice”, his family said. Tunisian football player Nizar Issaoui, 35, suffered third-degree burns and was taken to the specialist burns hospital in Tunis, but doctors were unable to save his life, his brother said on Friday. مزید پڑھیں

250,000 people attend the final Friday Ramadan prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque

A massive Israeli security presence lined the streets of Jerusalem as up to 250,000 Palestinian Muslims performed the fourth and probably final Friday prayer of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque. More than 3,200 police, border police and Shin Bet security agents were deployed on roads leading to the mosque. Authorities allowed women of all ages, men مزید پڑھیں

Saudi and Iraqi foreign ministers meet to discuss bilateral relations

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Mohamad Hussein on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting in Jeddah. They reviewed bilateral relations between the Kingdom and Iraq and ways of developing them and opportunities for cooperation in all fields. They also exchanged views on the latest regional and international developments. مزید پڑھیں

US airman arrested over classified leaks

FBI agents on Thursday arrested a young national guardsman suspected of being behind a major leak of sensitive US government secrets — including about the Ukraine war. US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the arrest made “in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorised removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information”. Addressing a مزید پڑھیں