Sudan woke up to heavy clashes between the army and a powerful paramilitary force known as the Rapid Support Forces on Saturday. The two rivals have long competed for relevance and power, but an internationally backed political process launched last year exacerbated tensions between them, analysts and activists say. Civilians in the capital of Khartoum reported seeing…
The Grand National, one of the world’s most famous horse races, has been delayed after animal rights activists scaled fences around the perimeter of Aintree racecourse and got onto the track. The developments on Saturday came after three people were arrested earlier in the day in connection with a plan by the activists to disrupt the…
The Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified documents set his sights on joining the military from an early age. But more recently he expressed disillusionment about having enlisted. Jack Teixeira, 21, was charged on Friday in US District Court in Boston with unauthorised removal and retention of classified and national defence…
Dozens of civilians have been killed as suspected armed groups raided villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo according to local advocates and news reports. The attacks took place on Friday in the province of Ituri, an area along the country’s northeast border with Uganda that has regularly experienced systematic attacks on communities since…
A university student, who needed cash, disguised himself as a female chess player by donning a burqa and participated in Kenya Open Chess Championship in Nairobi, which boasted an impressive prize fund of $42,000. How did he get caught? Omondi registered himself in the chess tournament as Millicent Awuor. At first, he did not arouse…
Finland’s much-delayed Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear reactor, Europe’s largest, will begin regular output on Sunday, its operator said on Saturday, boosting energy security in a region to which Russia has cut gas and power supplies. Nuclear power remains controversial in Europe, primarily due to safety concerns, and news of OL3’s start-up comes as Germany on…
The Army chief is the most powerful person in Pakistan’s politics and everyone follows his decisions, ousted prime minister Imran Khan has said, slamming the military establishment for siding with the country’s “corrupt mafias” to ensure that he should not return to power. Addressing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party supporters from his Zaman Park residence here…
Kejriwal on saturday said there is no evidence as there is no scam and the same liquor policy has been implemented in Punjab. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was not named by either CBI or ED in the cases they filed in connection with the excise policy. Kejriwal has been summoned for questioning on Sunday…
China’s “hopes and believes” Germany will support China’s “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock in Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday China once supported German reunification and hopes Germany will support China’s “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan, Wang, director of the Foreign…
Robert Jobson wrote in the book that King Charles was fond of Meghan Markle and saw much of himself reflected in her. Prince Harry’s father King Charles was “captivated” by Meghan Markle’s “intelligence and vivacious personality,” when he first met her, a new biography claimed. Meghan Markle also facilitated a “softening” of tension between the…
