Warplanes on bombing raids drew heavy anti-aircraft fire over Khartoum today as fierce fighting between Sudan's army and paramilitaries entered a third week, violating a renewed truce

Stranded Bangladeshis in conflict-ridden Sudan have been requested to contact the hotline numbers of Bangladesh embassy in Sudan for evacuation

A devastating drought that has struck the Horn of Africa could not have occurred without global warming, according to a new report released yesterday from an international team of climate scientists.

It was raining bullets for most of two days near the shop in Khartoum where Monowar Hossain works. He was stuck inside the shop for three days.

A US-brokered ceasefire in Sudan appears to be partially holding but there is no sign the warring parties are ready to seriously negotiate, the UN special envoy on Sudan has said.

A US-brokered ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals was largely holding in much of the capital yesterday, but witnesses in some areas reported ongoing clashes between the army and paramilitary forces.

Kenyan investigators unearthed another 16 bodies yesterday in a forest where a cult was believed to be practising mass starvation, bringing the number of victims so far to 90 including children.

The death toll in a case involving a Kenyan cult that practised starvation climbed to 73 Monday, police sources told AFP as investigators unearthed more corpses from mass graves in a forest near the coast

Foreign nations yesterday pushed on with frantic evacuations of their citizens from chaos-torn Sudan, where heavy fighting raged for a 10th day between forces loyal to two rival generals.

Australia launched its biggest defence overhaul in decades yesterday, vowing to turn a military that is “no longer fit for purpose” into a fighting force that could deter China or any would-be foe.

The armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom have evacuated embassy staff from Sudan, while other nations rushed to get their citizens to safety as rival military factions battled in the capital Khartoum on Sunday

Kenyan police have now exhumed the bodies of 47 people thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death..Police near the coastal town of Malindi started exhuming bodies on Friday from the Shakahola forest.."In total,

Twenty-one bodies have been exhumed in Kenya while investigating a cult whose followers are believed to have starved themselves to death, police sources said Saturday, warning the toll could rise

The foreign ministry of Saudi Arabia today said Royal Saudi Naval Force was able to evacuate 91 people, including Bangladeshis, from Sudan, which is witnessing armed conflict since April 15.

Bangladeshis are advised not to travel to Sudan as the country at this time is not safe, said the foreign ministry.

Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Saturday that the wreck of a Japanese merchant ship, sunk in World War Two with 864 Australian soldiers on board, had been found in the South China Sea, ending a tragic chapter of the country's history.

The forces of two rival generals fought intense street battles in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses reported, as the warring parties ignored appeals for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it had agreed to a 72-hour truce from 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) on Friday but residents of Khartoum and its sister city Bahri reported gunfire as Sudanese troops deployed in the cities on foot.

Thousands of residents yesterday fled Sudan’s capital, where witnesses said bodies lay in the street from fighting between the army and paramilitaries after a 24-hour truce failed to take hold.

Heavy gunfire shattered a 24-hour truce in Sudan on Tuesday shortly after it was due to take effect under US pressure on warring military factions to halt fighting that has touched off a humanitarian crisis.