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TopicKhartoum

Topic: Khartoum

At least 40 civilians killed in air strike by army on Sudan’s Khartoum market, volunteers say

The army and Rapid Support Forces began fighting on 15 April, after tensions arose over integration of their troops in a new transition to democracy.

Sudan extends lock on airspace until 15 August in wake of ongoing conflict

Sudanese airspace was closed to regular traffic after a military conflict erupted between the country's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April.

Thousands of Islamists battling alongside army in Sudan conflict, military sources say

Army and paramilitary force are fighting each other in Sudan for 10 weeks, displacing 2.5 million people, causing a humanitarian crisis and threatening to destabilize the region.

Invisible victims of Sudan war–dozens of babies die in orphanage with grim toll in Khartoum

At least 50 children - at least two dozen of them babies - have died at the orphanage in the six weeks since the war broke out in mid-April.

Amid fighting in Sudan, US embassy suspends operations, evacuates staff from Khartoum

While Joe Biden administration confirmed embassy staff & their families have been evacuated, it added there are no plans to evacuate 16,000 private US citizens stuck there.

On Camera

The BJP’s constant attack on Rahul Gandhi isn’t fear—it is pure political strategy

If Rahul Gandhi is so useless that he functions as an asset for this government and a liability for the Opposition, why is the government trying so hard to keep him in the news?

House panel says Trump tariff likely to have ‘significant impact’, calls for India-US trade ties review

The Standing Committee on Commerce said the current exchange rate was also adding pressure on trade at both national & international levels.

Israel’s tolerance for persistent threats on its borders has eroded: US intel on Iran war

When conflict with Iran ends, says the report, area’s key players are likely to reexamine longstanding assumptions & alliances as they determine how best to advance their interests.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.