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Intensified Fighting in East Ukraine as Putin Dismisses Offensive

Kyiv says fighting in eastern Ukraine 'intensified' as Moscow warns it has a 'sufficient stockpile' of cluster bombs.

“Sudan violence persists as paramilitaries reject Darfur war crimes allegations”

WAD MADANI, Sudan: Air strikes pummelled Khartoum on Sunday and fighting raged in Sudan’s western Darfur region, witnesses said, as a three-month war between the army and rival paramilitaries showed no signs of abating. In the capital’s east and northwest, army fighter jets “targeted bases” belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) who “responded with anti-aircraft weapons,” witnesses told AFP.

Jordan and World Bank ink $250m deal for water sector efficiency project

AMMAN: Jordan’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Zina Toukan and World Bank Country Director for the Middle East Department Jean-Christophe Carret signed on Sunday a $250 million finance agreement for a water sector efficiency project in Jordan.  The deal calls for $200 million in soft loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and $50 million in grants from the Global Concessional Financing Facility, Jordan News Agency reported 

3 Israelis injured in Palestinian attack, gunman apprehended

Israeli forces raided Bethlehem and arrested the suspected gunman and two others after shooting attack near checkpoint.

Photos: Armed Mobs Rampage in Manipur, India

Authorities say at least 120 killed in fighting between Kuki and Meitei ethnic communities in Manipur.

UN’s Yemeni Oil Tanker Operation: Key Information

An FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen's coast could break or explode and trigger a catastrophic oil spill, if left as is.

UAE President Engages in Bilateral Talks with Indian PM

LONDON: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed on Saturday held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Abu Dhabi, during his fifth visit to the Gulf country in the past eight years, state news agency WAM reported. The leaders expressed satisfaction that UAE-India relations had witnessed great progress on all fronts, according to a joint statement issued by the two sides following their meeting.

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