KHARTOUM -- At least 300 people were killed in attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the city of Al-Nuhood in West Kordofan State, southwestern Sudan, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
A ministry statement said the attacks occurred over the past two days and accused the RSF of committing "crimes against humanity," with the killings "carried out on an ethnic basis." (Sudan-Civil War-Casualties)
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JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday it issued call-up orders to tens of thousands of reservists in preparation for an escalation of its military campaign in the Gaza Strip.
During a security briefing on Friday, the IDF outlined its expanded operational plans in Gaza to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The security cabinet is expected to meet on Sunday to vote on formally approving the plans, which Netanyahu has already greenlit. (Israel-Hamas-Operation)
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ADEN, Yemen -- Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council appointed Finance Minister Salem Saleh Bin Braik as the country's new prime minister on Saturday, following the resignation of Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak.
The decision, reported by state-run Saba news agency, came just hours after bin Mubarak stepped down, citing constitutional constraints and obstacles that hindered his reform efforts. (Yemen-PM-Appointment)
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GAZA -- At least 30 Palestinians were killed on Saturday in Israeli strikes targeting homes and tents sheltering displaced persons across the Gaza Strip, according to the Civil Defense in Gaza.
Spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said 10 people died in an airstrike on the Ghattas family home in eastern Gaza City's Shuja'iyya neighborhood. Four others were killed in a drone strike on civilians in the Daraj neighborhood, and two more in Zeitoun, also in Gaza City. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel) ■
