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At least 56 people killed

PORT SUDAN, Feb 02 (AFP): Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and activists, the latest bloodshed in Sudan's devastating war.Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a battle for...

Netanyahu meets Trump, his ME envoy today: Will discuss next phase of truce

JERUSALEM, Feb 02 (Reuters/AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will start negotiations on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire when he meets with US President Donald Trump's Middle East Envoy, Steve Witkoff, on Monday in Washington, Netanyahu's office said late on Saturday.Netanyahu is scheduled to depart Israel on Sunday...

Russian attacks on Ukraine leave 15 dead

POLTAVA, Feb 02 (AFP/AP): Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight and early Saturday, killing 15 people, Kyiv said.Ukraine and Russia also traded blame for a strike on a boarding school sheltering civilians in the Ukrainian-occupied town of Sudzha in Moscow's Kursk region, where Kyiv launched a...

Iran unveils new ballistic missile

TEHRAN, Feb 02 (AFP): Iran revealed a new ballistic missile on Sunday that it said was capable of travelling 1,700 kilometres, unveiling it in a Tehran ceremony attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian.State television broadcast images of the missile, dubbed Etemad, or "trust" in Persian, saying it had a maximum range...

Syria leader in Riyadh for first foreign visit

RIYADH, Feb 02 (AFP): Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first international visit since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, state media reported.Accompanied by his foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Sharaa was greeted by Saudi officials as he disembarked, images from state television outlet Al-Ekhbariya...

US military conducts air raids against IS in Somalia

WASHINGTON, Feb 02 (AP): The U.S. military has conducted airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump's second term.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by U.S. Africa Command were directed by Trump and coordinated with Somalia's...