World Nov 13 Sudanese rally against army tightening grip on power; 5 dead Sudanese security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas on Saturday to disperse protesters denouncing the military’s tightening grip on the country, killing at least five and wounding several, activists said.
World Oct 31 UN chief to Sudan army: Reverse coup, take heed of protests Antonio Guterres said the generals should “take heed” of Saturday’s protests. “Time to go back to the legitimate constitutional arrangements,” he said in a tweet.
World Oct 28 Sudan military leader fires 6 diplomats who criticized coup A Sudanese military official says Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan has fired at least six ambassadors, including the country's envoys to the U.S., the European Union and France. Also fired were the Sudanese ambassadors to the U.N. mission in Geneva, Qatar, and…
World Oct 25 AP explainer: How months of tensions led to Sudan’s coup The military coup in Sudan threatens to wreck the country's fragile transition to democracy, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
World Oct 25 Sudan’s military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister Sudan's military seized power Monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the prime minister. Thousands of people flooded into the streets to protest the coup that threatens the country's shaky progress toward democracy.
World Oct 07 U.N. says 10,000 displaced as clashes escalate over key Yemen city Clashes have escalated as the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels intensified their push to take the provincial capital from the internationally recognized government.
World Jul 07 Suez Canal releases hulking Ever Given vessel after settlement deal Egyptian authorities announced the release Wednesday of a hulking shipping vessel that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year.
World Jun 30 IMF and World Bank say Sudan meets initial debt relief criteria The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have announced that Sudan has met the initial criteria for over $50 billion in foreign debt relief.
World Jun 20 Libyan guards accused of sexually assaulting minors She and four other Somali teenagers undergoing similar abuses are pleading to be released from the Shara al-Zawiya detention center. It is one of a network of centers run by Libya’s Department for Combating Illegal Immigration, or DCIM, which is…
World May 26 Qatar pledges $500 million for postwar construction in Gaza Qatar has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian and development aid to Gaza in attempts to support past cease-fires with Israel.