Paramilitary group fighting Sudan’s army endorses UN call for ceasefire during Ramadhan
The head of the World Food Programme, Cindy McCain, said earlier this week that the conflict risks creating the world’s largest hunger crisis, with some 18 million people across Sudan facing acute hunger, including six million who face starvation.
US, UK, French military shoot down Houthi drones after attack on bulk carrier, destroyers
The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November in what they say is a campaign of solidarity with Palestinians during Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. The group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech on Saturday they had targeted the cargo vessel and “a number of US war destroyers at the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with 37 drones”.
Hopes of Gaza Ramadhan ceasefire dim but Israeli spy agency says mediators are pushing for truce
A Hamas source said the group’s delegation was “unlikely” to make another visit to Cairo over the weekend for talks. Egypt, the US and Qatar have been mediating truce negotiations since January. The last deal struck was a week-long pause in fighting in November during which Hamas released more than 100 hostages and Israel freed about three times as many Palestinian prisoners.
Money talks: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch to marry at 93, days after he was engaged to another woman for two weeks
Previously, he was married to Patricia Booker, an Australian, with whom he had Prudence, and then to Scottish-born journalist Anna Torv, with whom he had Lachlan, James and Elisabeth. These four Murdoch children have the same stake in the family trust and an equal say in what happens to the trust’s voting stock upon Murdoch’s death. He later married Chinese-born Wendi Deng, whom he divorced in 2013 after having two daughters, Grace and Chloe.
US Foreign Secretary talks to Kenyan president about urgency of the Haitian political crisis
Kenya announced last year it would lead the force but months of domestic legal wrangling have effectively placed the mission on hold.
Pope hints he can mediate between Moscow and Kyiv as he urges Ukraine to have ‘courage of the white flag’
Erdogan made the fresh offer after a meeting in Istanbul with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Zelenskiy has said while he wants peace he will not give up any territory. The Ukrainian leader’s own peace plan calls for the withdrawal of Russian troops from all of Ukraine and the restoration of its state borders.
Ireland defuses pressure to replace ‘sexist’ constitutional language about mother’s role
Prime Minister Leo Varadkar had pitched the referendum vote, held on Friday to coincide with International Women’s Day, as a chance to delete some “very old-fashioned, very sexist language about women”.
UN chief says legal equality for women could take 300 years, proposes Gender Equality Acceleration Plan
Guterres urged nations to prioritise equality for women and girls. He announced that the UN is launching a “Gender Equality Acceleration Plan” to support governments in designing and implementing policies and spending that respond to the needs of women and girls.
Candidates in Senegalese presidential poll have just two weeks to campaign after delays
The new date leaves the 19 candidates little more than two weeks, rather than the usual 21 days, to drum up support. It also means that for the first time campaigning in the majority Muslim nation will take place during the holy month of Ramadhan, which begins on Sunday night
Americans rush to buy knives in preparation for bloody presidential poll as new purchases hit 20 million
People motivated by climate change, Ellis said, tend to be homesteaders who grow their own food and move to more “climate proof” locations, such as the mild summer haven of Duluth, Minnesota. Others whose main fear is lawlessness are frequently the gun enthusiasts stereotypically associated with the prepper movement.
