KHARTOUM -- Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed more than 40 civilians and wounded dozens in an attack on a displacement camp in the North Darfur city of El Fasher on Monday, local activist groups said.
The assault on the Abu Shouk camp included shelling and the execution of people in their homes, the El Fasher Resistance Committees, an anti-war activist group, said in a statement. Another volunteer group, the Abu Shouk Camp Emergency Room, reported at least 40 dead and 19 injured. (Sudan-Civil War-Death Toll)
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TEHRAN -- A senior official from the UN nuclear watchdog held talks in Tehran on Monday, marking the first high-level visit since Iran suspended its cooperation with the agency in June, state media reported.
Massimo Aparo, deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), met with officials from Iran's Foreign Ministry and nuclear authorities. (Iran-IAEA-Visit)
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BAGHDAD -- A sudden failure in Iraq's power transmission lines on Monday triggered a nationwide blackout, the Electricity Ministry said.
Mohammed Nema, undersecretary for production affairs at the ministry, said technical teams were working to repair the fault and had begun gradually restoring service, which was expected to be fully restored within hours. (Iraq-Power-Outage)
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BEIRUT -- The Israeli army is building a new military post in southern Lebanon, which could bring the total number of positions it holds in the border area to six, according to Lebanese security sources and eyewitnesses.
A reliable Lebanese security source told Xinhua that "an Israeli military crew equipped with several bulldozers and excavators began construction work on a new military post in Khallat al-Makhafir, in the eastern sector of Lebanon's southern border area." (Lebanon-Israel-Military Post) ■
