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About 6,000 people, mostly women, have fled Sudan to Central African Republic, says UNHCR
Fp Staff •According to official data that are largely believed to be an underestimate, the war has so far claimed the lives of at least 528 individuals and injured at least 4,599 others
United States takes leading role to end violence in Sudan but faces limited leverage
Fp Staff •The United States for decades has been the key diplomatic player in Sudan, negotiating a 2005 agreement that ended the civil war and brought independence to South Sudan and later taking the forefront in efforts to stop a scorched-earth campaign in Darfur
Israeli air strike kills two Syrian citizens, reports state media
•During more than a decade of civil war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on Syrian territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters as well as Syrian army positions
An American Scandal: Trump's hush-money deal and other controversies of US presidents
•Donald Trump is the first president to be indicted. However, he is not the only to be dogged by legal and ethical scandals
Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province
•This is the latest in a series of attacks witnessed over the last month in the central Iraqi province of Diyala, located north and east of Baghdad. Security officials say at least 19 civilians have been killed by unidentified assailants, including in two targeted attacks.
Myanmar lawyer accused of helping army slain by guerrillas
•The army takeover triggered widespread peaceful protests in Myanmar that were quashed with lethal force, triggering armed resistance that U.N. experts now characterize as civil war.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy in bid to renew ties
•Blinken is the highest-ranking US official to visit Africa's second most populous nation since war broke out in late 2020 between Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels, fraying US relations with its longtime ally as Washington alleged crimes against humanity
'The conflict goes on': South Sudan's never-ending war
•Conflict still torments the oil-rich but deeply-poor country half a decade after its leaders declared an end to the civil war that killed 380,000 people
Yemen's warring sides fail to extend UN-backed nationwide ceasefire
•The UN-backed truce initially took effect in April, and raised hopes for a longer pause in fighting as Yemen's civil war entered in its eighth year
Libya: Over 30 killed and 150 wounded as miltias backing rival governments clash in Triopli
Fp Staff •The fighting is highly likely part of an ongoing power struggle between the Tripoli-based government and its rival Fathy Bashagha led government operating from the coastal city of Sirte