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CAIRO: Sudan has suspended its involvement in mediation efforts with IGAD, a group of East African nations that has sought to broker talks between the army and the paramilitary force it has been fighting for months, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. IGAD had offered to mediate between the heads of the Sudanese army and the Rapid Forces (RSF), including hosting a meeting — to which both men had agreed.

Yemen's Houthi rebels say they fired missiles at the Zografia bulk carrier as it headed to Israel.

Three Royal Navy Frigates are now in the region, as the UK ramps up to its biggest military footprint since the Cold War

The alliance has seen recent gains over military troops, but its successes are limited.

WASHINGTON: Yemen’s Houthi movement will expand its targets in the Red Sea region to include US ships, an official from the Iran-allied group said on Monday, as it vowed to keep up attacks after US and British strikes on its sites in Yemen. Attacks by the Houthis on ships in area since November have impacted companies and alarmed major powers in an escalation of Israel’s more than three-month war with Hamas militants in Gaza. The group says it is acting in solidarity with Palestinians.

Kim Jong Un says his country does not want war but does not seek to avoid it.

Lying along the Kaladar River in Chin State, Paletwa is a strategically important city on a major trade route.