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UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations MCQs on Red Sea, Biofuture Platform and more (Week 117)
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on International Relations to...

Egyptian, Saudi foreign ministers discuss Gaza, Iran in phone call
The foreign ministers of Egypt and Saudi Arabia discussed efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and de-escalate tensions between Iran and Israel during a phone call on Saturday, Egypt’s foreign ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said the...

Sudan Nashra: Burhan turns down meeting with Kenyan president, holds indirect Egypt-mediated talks with Haftar | RSF rejects Fasher humanitarian truce | Hemedti named Tasees chair | Kamel Idris appoints 3 new ministers
Over the past week, Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) Chair and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Commander-in-Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan made two international visits — first to Seville, Spain, then to Alamein, Egypt. Burhan arrived in Seville...

Sudan sees mass atrocities and attacks on health facilities, rights group says
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday of ongoing mass atrocities and attacks on medical facilities in Sudan’s North Darfur region, amid escalating conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). MSF...

Former Nineveh governor: Salary delays as start of PMF restructuring
2025-07-05T17:32:47+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad The ongoing issues surrounding salary payments for the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) signal the beginning of a broader plan to dismantle armed factions and...

Sudan's Khartoum strives to recover amid ongoing civil war
KHARTOUM, July 5 (Xinhua) -- After more than two years of devastating conflict, Sudan's capital Khartoum is slowly emerging from the ruins of war, inching toward a return to normal life. Across much of the city, scars of battle remain visible,...

MSF Reveals Atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher and Zamzam
Mass atrocities are underway in Sudan's North Darfur region, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned in a report, urging the warring parties to spare civilians and respect their obligations under international humanitarian law and immediately...

Four new films to see this week: Jurassic World Rebirth, The Shrouds, Beat the Lotto and Sudan, Remember Us
Jurassic World: Rebirth ★★★☆☆ Directed by Gareth Edwards. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ed Skrein. 12A cert, gen release, 133 min Friend plays a representative of big pharma...

Enforce the Law: Why Canada Must Hold IOF Fighters Accountable for War Crimes
A month after news surfaced about the RCMP investigating Canadians who might have committed war crimes in Gaza, genocide supporters continue to be stirred over the matter. Imagine the ability to cause panic and force the police’s hand if the NDP...

UK Re-Establishes Diplomatic Relations With Syria In First Ministerial Visit For 14 Years
(MENAFN- Caribbean News Global) Foreign Secretary's visit to Syria marks first by a UK minister in 14 years and renews the UK and Syria's diplomatic relationship. Commitment to support Syria as the new government seeks to rebuild Syria's economy,...

Gobierno de Trump deporta a inmigrantes detenidos en Djibouti a Sudán del Sur, tras obtener el visto bueno de un juez
Por Katelyn Polantz, Priscilla Alvarez y Michael Williams, CNN El Gobierno de Trump envió a ocho migrantes retenidos en Djibouti durante semanas a Sudán del Sur, donde temen enfrentar violencia, tras una intensa actividad judicial el viernes. Un...

Sudanese women become humanitarian pillars amid years-long civil war
KHARTOUM, July 3, (Xinhua/GAN) — In a displacement shelter in Port Sudan, a charitable kitchen run by women’s rights advocate Awadia Koko is a lifeline for thousands of Sudanese struggling to get by amid the country’s prolonged civil conflict....

Britain resets ties with Syria as foreign minister David Lammy visits Damascus
LONDON - Britain said on July 5 it was reestablishing diplomatic relations with Syria after the country's years-long civil war, as foreign minister David Lammy visited its capital Damascus, pledging £94.5 million (S$164 million) in support. "There...

Rising tensions in the Horn of Africa
Geopolitical ambitions, ethnic divisions and contested access to the sea and fresh water are intensifying anxieties in Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Tigray region. The port of Massawa is one of the largest natural deepwater ports on the Red Sea and is...

I will build that church with my money, propaganda will not scare me: Defiant Ruto asserts
President William Ruto attends the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council meeting, on the Situation in Sudan and DR Congo, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa on February 14, 2025. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP) President William Ruto...

War In West Asia: Iran, Israel, The United States And The Rothschilds
On about 20 September 2001, just ten days after the destruction of the World Trade Centre buildings on 9/11, recently retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark was visiting the Pentagon for meetings with Secretary Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary...

Minister Pandey urges accelerating bills related to aviation
KATHMANDU: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Pandey has called for taking forward the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal Bill and Air Services Authority of Nepal Bill-2081 BS at the earliest. In the meeting of the Committee of...

BRICS summit to discuss major world conflicts — South African president
PRETORIA, July 5. /TASS/. Issues of geopolitics and major crises, including the situation in Ukraine, will be discussed at the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said ahead of his flight to Brazil. "I am...

Sudan’s farmers watch livelihoods wither as war cuts power, water
Standing among the withering date palms that once sustained his livelihood, Hatem Abdelhamid watches helplessly as Sudan’s war-driven power outages choke irrigation systems and decimate his harvest. “I’ve lost 70% to 75% of my crops this year,” he...

MSF: Access to healthcare in Sudan 'almost impossible' as attacks on healthcare facilities increase
Humanitarian organisations are sounding the alarm over attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, warning that 70 percent of them are closed or barely operational. In a new report entitled ’Besieged, Attacked, Starved,’ Médecins Sans Frontières...