2 h. ago UK places sanctions on four RSF commanders for ‘heinous’ violence against Sudan civilians

Men are suspected of ‘mass killings, sexual violence and deliberate attacks in El Fasher’, says Foreign OfficeThe UK has placed sanctions on four senior commanders of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces suspected of involvement in “heinous” violence against civilians in the city of El Fasher, but decided not to take any action against their key military and diplomatic backer, the United Arab Emirates, or their chief commander.British officials suggested they preferred to use their leverage with the UAE and the RSF commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, privately, but admitted there was little sign of a ceasefire in Sudan’s near three-year civil war. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago UK imposes sanctions on four RSF officers for ‘heinous’ mass killings in Sudan

Senior commanders accused of atrocities against civilians face asset freezes – but no action against key backer UAE The UK has placed sanctions on four senior commanders of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces suspected of involvement in “heinous” violence against civilians in the city of El Fasher, but decided not to take any action against their key military and diplomatic backer, the United Arab Emirates, or their chief commander.British officials suggested they preferred to use their leverage with the UAE and the RSF commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, privately, but admitted there was little sign of a ceasefire in Sudan’s near three-year civil war. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago 'Trump wants to push Austria into Auxit': Europe up in arms over 'leaked US plan to pull countries away from EU'

The file, reported by Defense One, supposedly claims Trump intends to pull Austria, Italy , Hungary and Poland away from the EU and closer in to Washington's circle of influence.

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52 h. ago Escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war and create wider tensions in Gulf region

A separatist group has seized control of an oil-rich region in southern Yemen, threatening to reignite the country's civil war

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4 d. ago Syrians celebrate a year after Bashar Assad’s fall, in photos

As celebrations kicked off marking the first anniversary on Monday of the ousting of former President Bashar Assad’s regime, Syrians are still struggling to heal after the dynasty’s repressive 50-year rule and a 14-year civil war that killed an estimated half-million people, displaced millions more and left the country battered and divided.

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5 d. ago Mo Salah and Arne Slot's 'poisonous' relationship as Jamie Carragher sparks Liverpool war

Jamie Carragher called out Mohamed Salah demanding he speak more but it's resulted in civil war at Liverpool as the Kop hero launched an extraordinary rant at manager Arne Slot and the club

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5 d. ago Terrifying day Margaret Thatcher nearly died in missile attack as her plane flew over Mozambique: Newly released papers reveal how officials covered up bombardment

Lady Thatcher was was visiting Africa on a six-day diplomatic mission, flying in a RAF Vickers VC-10 across the civil war-torn region when several missiles were launched towards the aircraft

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9 d. ago Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide

Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAEWarnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistleblower whose testimony raises fresh concern over British failures to act on the atrocities unfolding in the war-ravaged country.The threat analyst said they were prevented from warning that genocide could occur in Darfur by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials in a humanitarian risk assessment collated days after Sudan’s brutal civil war erupted in April 2023. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago I'm A Celeb camp in civil war as Angry Ginge rages 'I'm not having it anymore'

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here is getting tenser by the minute, as the celebs descend into in-fighting, with Angry Ginge left raging at his fellow campmates' actions

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1 week ago A Black Georgia community uprooted in 1942 still fights to go home

US descendants of Harris Neck’s Gullah Geechee families seek the return of ancestral land seized for a wartime airfieldA once thriving Black community along the Georgia coast called Harris Neck is now covered with greenery. During its heyday in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the area boasted a school house, general store, firehouse and seafood processing plants, and supported 75 Black households on 2,687 acres. The inhabitants were Gullah Geechee people, the descendants of formerly enslaved west Africans, who remained on the Sea Islands along the south-east US where they retained their distinct creole language and culture following the civil war.In 1942, though, the community was leveled to the ground when the federal government kicked the families off of the land using eminent domain to build an army airfield. For nearly 50 years, the descendants of the Harris Neck community have fought to regain their ancestral land through peaceful protests and lobbying local and federal...

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1 week ago Pressure mounts for Government inquiry into 'internal civil war' at crisis

Tory MSP Stephen Kerr is calling for Holyrood culture committee to push the Scottish Government for an inquiry into Historic Environment Scotland

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1 week ago German president honours victims of Nazi bombing atrocity on Guernica visit

Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Basque town for remembrance ceremony marking ‘terrible crimes’ of 1937Eighty-eight years after Luftwaffe pilots took part in the most infamous atrocity of the Spanish civil war, Germany’s president has visited the Basque town of Guernica to honour the victims of the Nazi bombing and to urge that the “terrible crimes” committed there are never forgotten.Hundreds of civilians were killed and hundreds more injured on 26 April 1937 when planes from the German Condor Legion, operating alongside aircraft from fascist Italy, spent hours bombing Guernica on market day. Adolf Hitler had loaned the Luftwaffe unit to Gen Francisco Franco’s nationalist forces to help them in their coup against the republican government, and to allow Nazi Germany’s pilots to practise the blitzkrieg tactics they would later use in the second world war. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Joe Hart's intel from Celtic 'civil war' as Wilfried Nancy sent a TV plea over Shaun Maloney's future

The Frenchman is set to arrive at Celtic Park in the midst of rising tensions between fans and the board

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2 w. ago ‘A constant fear’: Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status

Thousands of Myanmar diaspora are at risk of deportation, after the US said they no longer required Temporary Protective StatusAung* was finishing his studies in New York when Myanmar’s junta tried to conscript him into the civil war raging in his homeland.Terrified by the idea, Aung applied for Temporary Protective Status (TPS) in the United States, hoping that by the time he finished his degree the conflict might have calmed. Instead, the war has only escalated. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hobbits of Britain beware! Why Tolkien fan Elon Musk is like Grima Wormtongue, dripping poison in our ears

Elon Musk’s ludicrous claims that civil war in the UK is inevitable and everyone faces being murdered ‘if the tide of illegal immigration is not turned’ are as wrong as his interpretations of The Lord of the Rings

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2 w. ago Celtic Civil War arrives as blockbuster similarity to Manchester United mutineers rings loud – The Jury

Our top team don't flinch as they meet the big

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2 w. ago 'Sack this Celtic board' fury met head on by Martin O'Neill in powerful address that comes with epic Maeda quip

O’Neill admitted the ongoing civil war could be having an impact on the squad.

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2 w. ago Trump to end temporary protected status for Somali immigrants in Minnesota

Move could affect hundreds of Somalis who fled civil war in their home countryDonald Trump said on Friday night that he’s “immediately” terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota, further targeting a program seeking to limit deportations that his administration has already repeatedly sought to weaken.Minnesota has the nation’s largest Somali community. Many fled the long civil war in the east African country and were drawn to the state’s welcoming social programs. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Desmond flamethrower is ripping Celtic apart and AGM chaos will only see civil war rage on

Dermot Desmond eviscreated Brendan Rodgers last month and son Ross aimed the ire at the fans this time around

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3 w. ago Inside Celtic's chaotic AGM as civil war breaks out with no obvious roadmap for peace

How a Celtic AGM unfolded - and fans have to take some blame

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