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Sudan's ruler al-Burhan raises serious allegations against the special representative of the UN mission in the country. Perthes is said to have stoked the conflict with "deception and disinformation" UN Secretary-General António Guterres reacted "shocked" to the letter and expressed his support for Perthe. Since then, about 1800 people have been killed and more than 1.3 million more have been displaced. According to UN figures, 25 of the 45 million Sudanese are dependent on ...

Residents point out "veil of bright green liquid" on the water. Police investigating whether climate activists are behind the discoloration. In 1968, artist Garcia Uriburu poured bright green dye into the water to raise awareness of environmental protection. Last weekend, an environmental group stained the water of Rome's Trevi Fountain black with biochar to protest the climate policies of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Italian government. The heavy rains caused by the floods ha...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced his resignation from the party chairmanship. On Saturday, the SNS will hold a party congress. He did not announce who should succeed him as his successor at the head of the party. Since 2012, the Serbian president has determined the fate of the country in various functions. Critics accuse him of an authoritarian style of government, however, this will hardly make a difference, observers say. He had recently shown visible nervousness because of the p...

KUALA LUMPUR -- To the average cinema lover in Europe and America, Malaysia resonates mostly as the birthplace of Michelle Yeoh, who in March became t

The plight of kiwi Paora left some surprised that our icon can be found outside NZ.

The latest Global Slavery Index by the human rights organization Walk Free was published in London. According to the report, 50 million people worldwide are trapped in modern slavery – ten million more than five years ago. Modern slavery is most widespread in North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Tajikistan, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Afghanistan and Kuwait. In India alone, the figure is estimated to be 11 million; There are 5 million in China, 1.8 million in Russia an...

The Punjab government has also decided to expedite legal proceedings against those involved in riots and arson, Dawn reported.The

Dozens of women have fallen into the hands of English-speaking rebels in northwestern Cameroon, according to authorities. The women were "severely tortured" and kidnapped by "heavily armed terrorists," local authorities said on Tuesday. The army is working on a liberation operation for the abductees, the country's military has announced. The rebels, described by the government as "terrorists", come from an Anglophone minority in the mainly French-speaking Central Afri...

ASTANA. KAZINFORM – Kazakhstan is set to establish a special fund for recouped billions of dollars of illegally appropriated assets transferred abroad, Kazinform correspondent reports.

Around 1.5 million Turkish citizens living abroad have cast their votes in the presidential election runoff, causing long queues at the country’s representative offices.