KHARTOUM -- The Sudanese government said Wednesday that more than 2,000 civilians have been killed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in western Sudan's El Fasher since it entered the city.
During a press conference in Port Sudan, Mona Nour Al-Daem, Sudan's Deputy Commissioner of Humanitarian Aid, condemned the act as "genocide against unarmed civilians." (Sudan-RSF-Civilian Deaths)
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NEW DELHI -- At least 133 people drowned and many others went missing in the Indian eastern states of Bihar and Jharkhand during the Hindu festival of Chhath Puja, local media reports said Wednesday.
In Bihar, 108 people lost their lives due to drowning and 10 others are reported missing. In the neighboring Jharkhand, the number of such deaths is 25. (India-Festival-Drowning)
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JERUSALEM -- Israel barred representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from visiting Palestinian detainees held under a law classifying them as "unlawful combatants," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday.
"The expert opinions presented to me clearly indicate that visits by the Red Cross to terrorists in prisons would seriously harm national security," Katz wrote in a decree banning the visits. (Israel-Palestinian Detainees-Red Cross Visit)
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GYEONGJU, South Korea -- U.S. President Donald Trump said here Wednesday that the United States has reached a deal on trade with South Korea, according to Yonhap news agency.
Trump arrived in Gyeongju, about 330 km southeast of the South Korean capital Seoul, earlier in the day to hold summit meetings, including the one with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung Wednesday afternoon ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting. (S.Korea-U.S.-Trade Deal) ■
