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By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Strikes by air, tanks and artillery rocked Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and the adjacent city of Bahri on Friday, witnesses said, mocking a 72-hour truce extension announced by the army and a rival paramilitary force. Hundreds have been killed and tens of thousands have fled for their lives in a power struggle between the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that erupted on April 15 […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The conflict between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered a rush to extract foreign diplomats and citizens. Several countries have evacuated nationals by air, while some have gone via Port Sudan on the Red Sea, about 800 km (500 miles) by road from Khartoum. This is the status of some countries’ efforts: EGYPT Egypt has evacuated a total of […]

(Refiles to correct media identifier, no changes to text) KHARTOUM (Reuters) -The conflict between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered a rush to extract foreign diplomats and citizens. Several countries have evacuated nationals by air, while some have gone via Port Sudan on the Red Sea, about 800 km (500 miles) by road from Khartoum. This is the status of some countries’ […]

(Reuters) – Qatar will host the 2027 edition of the men’s FIBA Basketball World Cup, the sport’s governing body announced, the Middle Eastern nation securing another major sporting event after it hosted soccer’s showpiece last year. All games in the 32-team event will be held in the capital city of Doha. The 89th-ranked Qatar team will qualify for the tournament as hosts. They last played in the tournament in 2006, […]

(Refiles to fix typo in first par) (Reuters) -Qatar will host the 2027 edition of the men’s FIBA Basketball World Cup, the sport’s governing body announced, the Middle Eastern nation securing another major sporting event after it hosted soccer’s showpiece last year. All games in the 32-team event will be held in the capital city of Doha. The 89th-ranked Qatar team will qualify for the tournament as hosts. They last […]

By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron has thrown himself into what he calls a “catharsis” operation by confronting angry voters in a series of walkabouts, an attempt to regain control of the narrative that could also expose how distant he has become. After weeks of protests against his decision to raise the minimum pension age by two years, Macron’s popularity ratings have plunged to […]

(Reuters) – A fuel tank was ablaze in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol in what appeared to be a drone strike, the Moscow-installed governor said on Saturday. “According to preliminary information, the fire was caused by a drone hit,” Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, has come under repeated air attacks since Russia’s full-fledged […]

(Reuters) – Qatar will host the 2027 edition of the men’s FIBA Basketball World Cup, the sport’s governing body announced, the Middle Eastern nation securing another major sporting event after hosted soccer’s showpiece last year. All games in the 32-team event will be held in the capital city of Doha. The 89th-ranked Qatar team will qualify for the tournament as hosts. They last played in the tournament in 2006, losing […]

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to visit South Korea in coming weeks and meet with President Yoon Suk Yeol, officials said, reciprocating a Tokyo visit by the South Korean leader last month. A Japanese government official and another official from a Group of Seven government said the meeting was expected before Kishida hosts a G7 summit from May 19. Japan’s Kyodo news agency […]