UN aid chief in Saudi for Sudan talks as fighting flares
The UN’s top aid official was in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for ceasefire talks between Sudan’s warring generals, as concern grows for the humanitarian situation at the start of a…
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Wagner says Russia promises enough ammo to stay in Bakhmut
The head of the Wagner mercenary group said Sunday Russia had promised his fighters enough ammunition to stay in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, after threatening to pull out…
Russia says it thwarted drone attack in Crimea
MOSCOW: Authorities in Russian-annexed Crimea said they repelled a Ukrainian drone attack in the city of Sevastopol overnight. It marks the latest in a wave of alleged Ukrainian drone strikes…
Russian jet intercepts Polish plane over Black Sea
A Russian fighter intercepted a Polish plane patrolling for the EU’s border agency over the Black Sea, Romania’s defence ministry said Saturday, denouncing Moscow’s “aggressive and dangerous” behaviour. The Polish…
ProKremlin writer injured in car blast another killed ministry
MOSCOW: A prominent pro-Kremlin writer and Russian nationalist was injured Saturday in a car “explosion” and one other person was killed, the interior ministry said, after a string of recent…
Floods kill over 170 people in east DR Congo
More than 170 people have died after heavy rains and flooding in eastern DR Congo’s South Kivu province, officials said Friday, after torrential downpours killed dozens in neighbouring Rwanda. South…
More than 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan UNICEF
More than 1 million polio vaccines intended for children have been destroyed as a result of looting in Sudan during the upsurge in violence since April, the U.N. children’s agency…
India considering allowing foreign investment in nuclear power
India is considering overturning a ban on foreign investment in its nuclear power industry and allowing greater participation by domestic private firms, two government sources told Reuters, as part of…
WATCH Foodtech company 3D prints first ever readytocook fish fillet
Forget your hook, line and sinker. A foodtech company says it has 3D printed the first ever ready-to-cook fish fillet using animal cells cultivated and grown in a laboratory. Lab-grown…