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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Azerbaijan said on Sunday it had established a checkpoint on the only land route to the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a step that was followed by claims of border shootings by both Azeri and Armenian forces. Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, but its 120,000 inhabitants are predominantly ethnic Armenians and it broke away from Baku in a war in the early 1990s. Azerbaijan said it […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s sudden slide into conflict between the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has stranded thousands of foreigners, including diplomats and aid workers, and countries are working to evacuate their nationals. Several evacuation efforts appear to be via Port Sudan on the Red Sea, which is directly located about 650 km (400 miles) northeast of Khartoum, but is about 800 km (500 miles) by road. […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Azerbaijan said on Sunday it had established a checkpoint on the only land route to the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a step that was followed by claims of border shootings by both Azeri and Armenian forces. Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, but its 120,000 inhabitants are predominantly ethnic Armenians and it broke away from Baku in a war in the early 1990s. Azerbaijan said […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday the House would hold a vote in the coming week on his spending and debt bill, adding he was confident he had the votes to pass the bill. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Lisa Shumaker) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -The United States and the United Kingdom said their armed forces helped staff from both embassies get out of Sudan, but evacuations by some other countries faced problems on Sunday as rival military factions battled in the capital Khartoum. The eruption of fighting eight days ago between the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has triggered a humanitarian crisis, killed […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz, Nafisa Eltahir and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The U.S. military evacuated American government personnel from Khartoum, President Joe Biden said on Saturday, adding that Washington is suspending operations at its embassy there as fighting between Sudan’s rival commanders continued. “This tragic violence in Sudan has already cost the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians,” Biden said in a statement. “It’s unconscionable and it must stop.” U.S. […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s sudden slide into conflict between the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has stranded thousands of foreigners, including diplomats and aid workers, and countries are working to evacuate their nationals. Several evacuation efforts appear to be via Port Sudan on the Red Sea, which is directly located about 650 km (400 miles) northeast of Khartoum, but is about 800 km (500 miles) by road. […]

Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez is hoping that his historic hat-trick against Sheffield United in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final will keep him in coach Pep Guardiola’s starting line-up in future games. “There are a lot of players inside the team and everyone is looking for an opportunity,” the Algerian playmaker told BeIN Sports after City reached the final with a 3-0 win over Sheffield. “When you get an opportunity you have […]

LIMA (Reuters) – Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo returned on Sunday to Peru from the United States and will likely become the third head of state to be imprisoned as the South American country seeks to shake off years of corruption by its rulers. Toledo, 77, will likely serve his sentence inside a police base on the outskirts of the capital Lima, where former presidents Alberto Fujimori and Pedro Castillo […]