NEW YORK -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made his second appearance Thursday morning in a New York court after his forcible seizure by U.S. troops in a military raid in Caracas early January. (US-Venezuela-Maduro)
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KHARTOUM -- At least 28 people were killed and 29 others injured in two drone attacks targeting two cities in central and western Sudan on Wednesday, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses on Thursday.
Local sources said a drone struck a main market in the town of Saraf Omra in North Darfur State early Wednesday morning, along with two other locations, killing 22 people and injuring 17 others. (Sudan-Drone Strikes-Casualties)
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel is "continuing to strike with force" targets of the Iranian government.
In a video statement issued by his office, Netanyahu said the killing of Alireza Tangsiri, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, in an overnight Israeli airstrike, was "another example of the cooperation between us and our ally, the United States, toward the shared goal of achieving the war's objectives." (Israel-Iran-Statement)
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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar said on Thursday that the U.S.-Iran "indirect talks" are taking place through messages being relayed by Pakistan.
"In this context, the United States has shared 15 points, being deliberated upon by Iran ... Brotherly countries of Türkiye and Egypt, among others, are also extending their support to this initiative," the minister said in a post on the social media platform X. (Pakistan-US-Iran) ■
