Category: 2. Middle East

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed alarm Wednesday about the “increasingly catastrophic” situation in Sudan’s North Darfur, as deadly violence and mass displacement grip the region, Anadolu news agency reported.

“The Secretary-General is appalled by the increasingly catastrophic situation in Sudan’s North Darfur State, as deadly attacks continue on its capital, Al Fasher, which come just two weeks after an assault on the famine-stricken…

Sudan’s army leader, Abdel Fattah Burhan, appointed diplomat, Dafallah Al-Haj Ali, as acting Prime Minister on Wednesday, weeks after the army’s recapture of Khartoum, Reuters reports.

Burhan, Chairman of Sudan’s transitional Sovereign Council, also approved the appointment of Omar Seddik, a current ambassador, as Foreign Minister, a Council statement said.

In March, the Sudanese army drove Rapid Support Forces militia from most of Khartoum after two…

Columbia University student, Mohsen Mahdawi, was released from US immigration custody on Wednesday, after a judge ruled that he should be allowed to challenge the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests while free on bail, Reuters reports.

Mahdawi, born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, was arrested earlier this month upon arriving for an interview for his US citizenship petition. A judge…

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered US immigration authorities to release a Palestinian student detained at a citizenship interview earlier this month over his role in Columbia University’s Gaza war protests.

Mohsen Mahdawi, who was slated for deportation, struck a defiant tone outside a courthouse in the northeastern state of Vermont.

“I am not afraid of you,” he said, addressing US President Donald Trump, whose government has led a crackdown on immigration, including targeting…

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who was arrested by US immigration authorities earlier this month at his citizenship interview, expressed defiance Wednesday after a federal judge ordered his release on bail.

Speaking outside a courthouse in Vermont, Mahdawi addressed US President Donald Trump and his government, which has moved to revoke foreign students’ visas over their involvement in pro-Palestinian protests.

“I am not afraid of you,” Mahdawi said, and then joined the assembled…

Veteran Malaysian statesman and former Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, urged the world on Wednesday to “rise” above the “fear” of the US to stop the genocide in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports.

“We fear America. But we must rise above our fears. There are ways to stop the killing,” Mahathir wrote on X, adding US support for Israel prevents nations from extending aid to Gaza.

“And the world can do nothing. Why? It is because backing fully…

Africans in search of a better future became the latest casualties of Yemen’s decade-long conflict after a deadly strike blamed on the United States hit a migrant detention centre, killing dozens of people.

The pre-dawn attack on Monday killed more than 60 people in their sleep, the country’s Huthi rebels said, attributing the raid to the US military.

Rubble, blood and body parts dotted the grounds of the compound in rebel-held Saada, with several buildings left in ruins, twisted metal…

Amnesty International accused Iranian authorities Wednesday of carrying out a “sinister crackdown” on media outlets to conceal the truth about a deadly blast at the country’s main commercial port.

At least 70 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in Saturday’s explosion and ensuing fire in the southern port of Shahid Rajaee, state media reported.

Iranian officials have attributed the explosion to negligence without giving a fuller explanation.

The Tehran prosecutor’s office has filed…