World Apr 16 Dozens of migrants presumed dead as boat capsizes off Libyan coast, UN says CAIRO (AP) — A migrant boat has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 35 people dead or presumed dead, the U.N. migration agency said Saturday. The shipwreck took place Friday off the western Libyan city of Sabratha, a…
World Apr 07 Yemen’s president steps aside amid efforts to end long-running civil war Thursday's development comes as international and regional efforts to end the country's long-running civil war recently gained momentum with a two-month truce.
World Apr 02 Ramadan begins in much of Middle East amid soaring energy and food prices The Muslim holy month of Ramadan — when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk — began at sunrise Saturday in much of the Middle East, where Russia's invasion of Ukraine has impacted energy and food prices.
World Mar 16 U.N. raises $1.3 billion for Yemen, less than a third requested, in effort shadowed by Ukraine war The U.N. had set out to raise $4.27 billion, but ended up on Wednesday with less than a third of that for the world's worst humanitarian disaster and the Arab world's poorest country.
World Jan 19 U.S. diplomats meet with pro-democracy activists in Sudan Two senior U.S. diplomats are in Sudan to try and help find a way out of the ongoing crisis in the African country triggered by an October military coup.
World Jan 17 Sudanese forces open fire on anti-coup protesters, killing 7 The military takeover has scuttled hopes of a peaceful transition to democracy in Sudan, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.
World Jan 13 Sudan’s anti-coup protests violently dispersed with 2 people killed Authorities and a medical group say a senior police officer and a protester were killed in the Sudanese capital as thousands took to the streets on Thursday against a coup that has plunged the country into grinding deadlock.
Science Jan 04 Anti-coup protests in Sudan continue as prime minister resigns Sudanese have flooded the streets in the capital, Khartoum, and other cities in anti-coup protests as the country plunges further into turmoil following the prime minister's resignation earlier this week.
World Jan 02 Sudan’s PM announces resignation amid political deadlock Sudan's prime minister says he has resigned amid a political deadlock following a military coup that derailed the country's fragile transition. Abdalla Hamdok has announced his resignation in a speech on Sunday. The October military takeover upended a fragile planned…
World Dec 25 Sudanese rally in new anti-coup protests amid tight security Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Khartoum on Saturday as demonstrators once again took to the streets in the country’s capital and elsewhere to denounce the October military coup.