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The United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt called Friday for a three-month humanitarian truce in Sudan, followed by a permanent ceasefire and a transitional process toward civilian-led governance.
The so-called “Quad” countries, considered the most influential with Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), set out a roadmap aimed at ending the country’s devastating war, which has triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and widespread famine.
In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of the four nations emphasized that “there is no viable military solution to the conflict” and stressed the need for a ceasefire to prevent further suffering.
The plan calls for an immediate permanent ceasefire after the three-month truce, followed by a nine-month transitional process to establish civilian-led governance. Neither the Sudanese army nor the RSF immediately commented on the proposal.
The UAE has been accused of supporting the RSF, while Egypt and, to a lesser extent, Saudi Arabia have backed the army. The Quad expressed support for Sudan’s unity, amid the RSF establishing its own parallel government controlling much of Darfur, including the siege of al-Fashir.
The statement explicitly rejected any role for the Muslim Brotherhood or affiliated Islamist groups, long a common adversary of the four nations. In line with this, the U.S. imposed sanctions on Sudan’s finance minister Jibril Ibrahim and the Baraa Ibn-Malik Brigade, both linked to Islamist forces. The Treasury said the measures aim to “limit Islamist influence within Sudan and curtail Iran’s regional activities.”
It remains uncertain whether the army and RSF will accept the truce, with past ceasefire attempts in al-Fashir showing partial compliance.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Tens of thousands of Italians took to the streets across the country on Friday, as part of a day-long general strike called by unions in support of an aid flotilla carrying food to Gaza that was intercepted by Israel this week.
Sarah Mullally was named on Friday as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to head the Church of England in its 1,400-year history.
Indonesia on Friday (3 October) urged the European Union to immediately remove the countervailing and anti-dumping duties on its stainless steel products, after a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel backed the Southeast Asian country.
Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK has suspended operations at several gas facilities in the eastern Poltava region after Russian attacks, the company said on Friday.
The 20 points that U.S. President Donald Trump announced as part of his Gaza plan this week were not in line with the draft proposed by a group of Muslim-majority countries, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday.
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