President Aliyev hails ‘new era’ in U.S.–Azerbaijan economic ties
Azerbaijan and the United States signalled closer economic ties on Monday (9 February) as President Ilham Aliyev hosted a delegation from the U.S. Cha...
More than 1,200 people have been newly displaced in Sudan’s South and North Kordofan states due to escalating insecurity, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported on Sunday.
The agency said 780 people were displaced from the city of Dilling in South Kordofan between Wednesday and Friday as security conditions worsened. A further 510 people fled the village of Al-Sanjouqi in the Umm Dam Haj Ahmed locality of North Kordofan for the same reasons, the IOM added.
The displaced have relocated to various areas within the Umm Dam Haj Ahmed and Sheikan localities in North Kordofan, according to the agency. The situation in both states remains highly tense and volatile.
Earlier, on December 18, the IOM reported that between 26 October and 17 December, 50,445 people were displaced across Sudan’s three Kordofan states – North, West, and South Kordofan. The region has experienced weeks of intense fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), forcing tens of thousands to flee.
Of Sudan’s 18 states, the RSF controls all five Darfur states in the west, except for parts of North Darfur still under army control. The army maintains control over most areas of the remaining 13 states, including the capital Khartoum.
The conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, which began in April 2023, has killed thousands and displaced millions, according to UN estimates.
U.S. President Donald Trump has criticised American freestyle skier Hunter Hess after the athlete said he felt conflicted about representing the United States at the Winter Olympics in Italy, sparking a public clash that highlights growing political tensions surrounding the Games.
U.S. skiing great Lindsey Vonn underwent surgery in an Italian hospital on Sunday after her attempt to win Olympic downhill gold ended in a violent crash just seconds into the race at the Milano Cortina Winter Games.
JD Vance arrived in Armenia on Monday (9 February), becoming the first sitting U.S. Vice President to visit the country, as Yerevan and Washington agreed to cooperate in the civil nuclear sector in a bid to deepen engagement in the South Caucasus.
The death toll from the collapse of two residential buildings in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli has risen to 15, state media said on Monday, as rescue teams wrapped up search operations and officials warned that more people could still be missing.
António José Seguro’s decisive victory over far-right challenger André Ventura marks an historic moment in Portuguese politics, but analysts caution that the result does not amount to a rejection of populism.
Cuban aviation authorities have warned airlines of jet fuel shortages at nine airports, including Havana’s José Martí International Airport, from 10 February to 11 March, as a worsening energy crisis, intensified by U.S. sanctions, hits the country.
The European Union has proposed extending its sanctions against Russia to include ports in Georgia and Indonesia that handle Russian oil, the first time the bloc would target ports in third countries, a proposal document showed on Monday.
China will offer firm support for "patriotic pro-reunification forces" in Taiwan and strike hard against "separatists", the top Chinese official in charge of policy towards the democratically-governed island said on Tuesday (10 February).
Buckingham Palace said it is ready to support any police investigation into allegations that Prince Andrew shared confidential British trade documents with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as King Charles expressed “profound concern” over the latest revelations.
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