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CAIRO: Sudan’s top military general arrived in South Sudan on Monday for talks with its president on his second trip abroad since the war in his country started earlier this year. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, chairman of the ruling Sovereign Council, landed at the airport in South Sudan’s capital and was received by South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. Both leaders inspected an honor guard and then headed for talks that would focus on the conflict in Sudan, according to the council.

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NICOSIA, Cyprus: Israel’s prime minister on Sunday floated the idea of building infrastructure projects such as a fiber optic cable linking countries in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula with Europe through Israel and Cyprus. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’s “quite confident” such an infrastructure “corridor” linking Asia to Europe through Israel and Cyprus is feasible.

Blasts reported near Ukraine's Izmail port as Russian and Turkish leaders prepare for talks on Ukrainian grain exports.

Pope Francis is wrapping up a four-day trip to Mongolia, which has been as much about geopolitics as religion.

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad announced Sunday the scrapping of military field courts where thousands are thought to have been sentenced to death without due process, but activists remained cautious about the move’s impact. Assad issued a legislative decree “ending the work” of the original 1968 proclamation that created the courts, the presidency said in a statement.