Airstrikes threaten three-day truce in Sudan Senior aid worker issues warning over armed seizure of Khartoum lab containing deadly diseases The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2023
UN fears more 'displacement' from Sudan despite cease-fire The U.N. refugee agency is warning of “further displacement” of people from Sudan after thousands have streamed into neighboring countries of Chad and South Sudan The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023
'Chief failure officer' among speakers at upcoming North East tech festival The TechNExt Festival is taking place in June, in Sunderland Birmingham Post · Apr 25, 2023
Why is Biden announcing 2024 bid now, and what will change? President Joe Biden has formally announced he’s seeking reelection The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023
Sudan fighting forces aid groups to halt, spreading suffering Humanitarian organisations say operations are at a standstill as they look to resume work in some areas of Sudan. Al Jazeera · Apr 25, 2023
First Thing: Joe Biden announces 2024 re-election campaign Announcement sets the stage for an extraordinary rematch with Donald Trump The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2023
Ukraine calls for global pressure on Russia over grain deal A proposal by U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on improving and extending a deal on the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain can succeed only if the international community collectively pressures Russia, a senior Ukrainian official said on Tuesday. Reuters · Apr 25, 2023
UN rights office urges Singapore to refrain from execution A United Nations human rights office spokesperson said on Tuesday that Singapore is poised to carry out a hanging for a drug offence, urging it to refrain from doing so. Reuters · Apr 25, 2023
Joe Biden formally announces 2024 White House run President, who could face Donald Trump in 2020 rerun, urges voters to give him four further years to finish what he started The Guardian - US · Apr 25, 2023
Indian ministers rebuke Der Spiegel for ‘racist’ cartoon mocking population size German magazine accused of putting down India with caricature depicting population overtaking China The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2023
Ban Ki-moon: Myanmar military ‘must take first steps’ to peace Former UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday called for an end to violence in Myanmar after meeting the leader of its ruling military junta, which he said “must take the first steps”. Bangkok Post · Apr 25, 2023
Deadly Russian missile strike slams Ukrainian museum A Russian missile hit a museum building in the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region, on Tuesday, killing at least two people, wounding around 10 people and burying others under the rubble. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Moscow's "barbaric methods" and said Russia was trying to erase Ukraine's… France 24 · Apr 25, 2023
Sudan Lab Seizure Poses Biohazard Risk during Lull in Battles Fighting in Sudan eased on Tuesday and more foreigners and locals fled the capital Khartoum, where marauding combatants created what a UN agency said was a "high risk of biological hazard" by seizing a laboratory. The World Health Organization (WHO) said one of the warring parties had taken control of… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 25, 2023
'High bio-hazard risk' in Sudan after laboratory seized, WHO says There is a "high risk of biological hazard" in the Sudanese capital Khartoum after one of the warring parties seized a laboratory holding measles and cholera pathogens and other hazardous materials, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Reuters · Apr 25, 2023
Al Jazeera · Apr 25, 2023 Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon to do ‘all he can’ for peace in Myanmar Ban calls for path to end violence and establish a ‘peaceful, democratic and legitimate government’.
Reuters · Apr 25, 2023 Former UN chief says Myanmar army must take first step to end violence Former U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday called for an end to violence in Myanmar after meeting the leader of its ruling military, which he said "must take the first steps".
Reuters · Apr 25, 2023 Sudan fighting resurges as UN envoy says ceasefire partly holding Fighting flared anew in Sudan late on Tuesday despite a ceasefire declaration by the warring factions, as a U.N. envoy said the truce was partially holding even though there was no sign that the two sides were ready for serious talks.
WEKU · Apr 25, 2023 President Biden says his top domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice, is leaving As director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice had broad sway on the administration's approach to health care, immigration and racial inequality.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2023 UK to start evacuating British nationals from Sudan RAF transport planes fly into country, as UK government takes advantage of ceasefire
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The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023 Ex-UN head Ban Ki-moon calls for end to Myanmar violence Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar after a surprise meeting with the military leaders of the violence-plagued Southeast Asian nation
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 25, 2023 ‘Dead or Alive’: Iraq’s Yazidis Anxiously Await ISIS-abducted Relatives After paying nearly $100,000 in ransoms to free 10 family members, Khaled Taalou, a member of Iraq's Yazidi minority, is still working to free other missing relatives kidnapped by ISIS group fighters. Despite his efforts, five more relatives, along with thousands of other Yazidis, remain missing after being abducted by…
The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv admits it was behind Sevastopol drone attack – as it happened But officials reject Russian claims attack had put operation of the grain corridor at risk
Al Jazeera · Apr 25, 2023 Sudan fighting in its 11th day: A list of key events Warring factions agree to 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday as other countries race to get citizens out of Sudan.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2023 Dominic Raab is gone, but many others will continue his assault on human rights This government is determined to undermine international law, and with it our credibility, says Gordon Brown, who was prime minister from 2007 to 2010