Category: 3. Middle East

It had been nearly two years since AFP journalist Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali set foot in his home in war-torn Khartoum, after the sound of children playing in the street gave way to the fearsome fire of machine guns.

Sudan’s once-peaceful capital…

These are the key events on day 1,149 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Friday, 18 April:

Fighting

• Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its air defence systems destroyed or…

Seated on the pavement outside a bank in central Damascus, Abu Fares’s face is worn with exhaustion as he waits to collect a small portion of his pension.

“I’ve been here for four hours and I haven’t so much as touched my pension,” said the…

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Reported death toll marks one of the deadliest attacks by the US military on Yemen.

Air strikes by the United States on Yemen’s Ras Isa oil port have killed at least 38 people in what is one of the deadliest attacks on the…

Manchester United score twice in the final minutes of extra time to turn quarterfinal against Lyon at Old Trafford.

Harry Maguire scored in the dying seconds of extra time to help Manchester United snatch a place in the Europa League semifinals…

Police identify gunman as 20-year-old son of local sheriff’s deputy in attack that also wounded five.

The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire at Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two…

Ukraine offiical Yulia Svyrydenko did not publish details of the memorandum, says work continues towards securing final deal.

Ukraine and the United States have signed a memorandum as an initial step towards the clinching of an agreement on…

Universities threatened, NGOs and media outlets targeted, US overseas agencies shut.

The Trump administration has taken drastic action against hundreds of organisations and companies.

Why is this happening, and what does it mean for the US and…