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The US is withholding Sudan's army chief's UN visa unless he signs a 90-day ceasefire he has refused. The pressure lands as the RSF tightens a siege the UN warns could repeat
Heart of the Beast opens today with a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, the best critical reception of Brad Pitt's career as a starring performer. Director David Ayer, eight years removed from the Suicide Squad debacle, earns the reviews he was
The Boy Scouts of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on February 18, 2020, citing an overwhelming volume of sexual abuse lawsuits from victims who say the organization covered up crimes
British pensioners David and Sally Abel spent weeks documenting their quarantine on the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship via YouTube, keeping a public video diary with characteristic English humor. They were among
Médecins du Monde France and the Union of Relief and Medical Care Organizations wrote to President Emmanuel Macron demanding urgent action as Syrian forces and their Russian allies intensified their offensive in
The migration route from the Horn of Africa to Yemen remained the world's most frequented maritime migration corridor in 2019, with 138,000 migrants and refugees arriving despite an ongoing civil war, according
The United States reduced Iraq's exemption for importing electricity from Iran to 45 days — down from the usual three to four months — and delayed routine dollar transfers to Iraq's central
Tunisia edged toward early parliamentary elections after the Islamist party Ennahdha and the Qalb Tounes party both rejected Prime Minister-designate Elyes Fakhfakh's proposed cabinet. President Kais Saied faces a constitutional deadline of
The International Committee of the Red Cross suspended operations and team movements in Kaga-Bandoro in the Central African Republic's north-central Nana-Grebizi region after a series of security incidents endangering its staff. The
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune appointed former National Popular Assembly president Karim Younes as Mediator of the Republic, the presidency announced. Younes had previously coordinated the National Authority for Dialogue and Mediation that
Airbus posted a net loss of €1.36 billion for 2019 after paying €3.6 billion in corruption settlement fines to French, British, and American authorities, alongside a €1.2 billion charge on the troubled
The United Arab Emirates gave the green light for fuel loading at its Barakah nuclear power plant, the first in the Arab world, built by a Korean-led consortium at a cost of
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