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UN official calls for more attention to Sudan’s 'forgotten' war amid fresh atrocities

Oct. 25, 2024 17:04 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — A senior United Nations official on Friday called for more international attention to “the forgotten crisis” in Sudan, where more than a year and a half of war pushed the African country to the brink of famine. The appeal by Ted Chaiban, deputy head of the U.N....

In music and dance, Sudanese performers transport refugee audiences back home

Oct. 02, 2024 20:43 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — As the performers took the stage and the traditional drum beat gained momentum, Sudanese refugees sitting in the audience were moved to tears. Hadia Moussa said the melody reminded her of the country's Nuba Mountains, her family's ancestral home. "Performances like...

Netanyahu will address the UN as Israel, bogged down by one war, barrels toward another

Sep. 25, 2024 04:52 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — From the dais of the U.N. General Assembly just a year ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu triumphantly hailed a new peace he said would sweep through the Middle East. A year later, as he travels back to that same world stage, that vision is in tatters. ...

Sudan’s jailed former strongman Omar al-Bashir is taken to a hospital in the north for better care

Sep. 25, 2024 04:05 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's former autocratic President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled for 30 years before he was toppled in a popular uprising and then jailed by the country's military rulers, has been transferred to a medical facility in northern Sudan, his lawyer said Wednesday. Since war...

Kremlin says it has 'no worries' about Putin visit to Mongolia despite an ICC warrant for his arrest

Aug. 30, 2024 13:09 PM EDT

The Kremlin says it has “no worries” about President Vladimir Putin's upcoming visit to Mongolia, a country that is a member of the International Criminal Court, which last year issued a warrant for his arrest. The visit, scheduled for Sept. 3, will be Putin’s first trip to an...

Putin to travel to Mongolia next week despite an ICC warrant for his arrest

Aug. 29, 2024 12:09 PM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Mongolia next week, the Kremlin said Thursday, despite the country being a member of the International Criminal Court, which last year issued a warrant for his arrest. The visit, scheduled for Sept. 3, will be Putin's first trip to an ICC...