By Djaffar Al Katanty GOMA (Reuters) – Young Muslims go from tent to tent at a camp for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, their arms laden with bags of rice, beans and fish, gifts to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. More than a million people have fled fighting …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sporadic shelling rang out late on Friday in Sudan’s capital even though warring factions announced a truce, while one force said it was willing to allow airports to reopen for the evacuation of foreign nationals. The United Nations, U.S., UK, Japan, Switzerland, South Korea, Sweden and …
Little let-up in Khartoum fighting despite Sudan truce declaration Read More »
By Daphne Psaledakis and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military is preparing options to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Sudan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Friday as the Biden administration weighed whether to pull personnel out of the country’s increasingly unstable capital. “We’ve deployed some forces into theater to ensure that we …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government said its defence ministry was engaged in “prudent planning” related to the current conflict in Sudan, after a report that British troops and aircraft had been put on standby to evacuate embassy staff and civilians if needed. Sudan’s army earlier said it had agreed to a three-day truce starting on …
UK defence ministry is engaged in ‘prudent planning’ on Sudan Read More »
By Mariam Rizk and Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) -The Eid al-Fitr holiday is usually a time for many residents of Sudan’s capital to visit relatives outside the city, which falls quiet. This year, those who can are making a frantic escape from Khartoum, driven out by war. As the three-day Muslim holiday started on Friday …
Residents of Sudan’s capital seek perilous escape as war shatters holiday Read More »
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks declined for a third straight day on Friday as investors weighed the latest round of corporate earnings results, while longer-dated U.S. yields were higher after a gauge of business activity climbed. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 closed slightly higher, with the consumer …
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By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices edged higher on Friday on strong economic data in the euro zone and Britain, but futures fell for the week as interest rate and demand uncertainty weighed. Brent futures settled up 56 cents at $81.66 per barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) rose 50 cents to $77.87 …
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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar was little changed to slightly higher against major currencies on Friday, as business activity data suggested that the world’s largest economy remained resilient, supporting expectations of another 25-basis-point interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve at next month’s policy meeting. Against commodity currencies, the greenback …
US dollar flat to modestly higher as upbeat data backs May rate hike Read More »
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – In his living room in Norway, while the TV broadcasts pictures of the violence back home in Khartoum, Khalid Albaih does what he has become known for in the Middle East and beyond: draw cartoons. His latest, entitled The Dog Fight, depicts the two main Sudanese foes, army chief …
‘Art is continuous resistance’: Sudanese cartoonist draws to bring hope, truth Read More »
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyans are celebrating Islam’s Eid al-Fitr holiday – and ending their month-long Ramadan fast – on different days this year because of bitter political splits that persist despite years of peace efforts. Religious authorities in east Libya, aligned with the parliament which is based there, said they had sighted the crescent …
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