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The Sudanese army has pounded paramilitary fighters with air strikes in the capital, Khartoum, while deadly fighting has flared in Darfur as a ceasefire that has slowed street battles is set to expire. Columns of smoke rose on Thursday near the presidential palace in Khartoum and areas north of the …

Sudan’s ceasefire was still a matter of uncertainty on Thursday morning, hours after leaders from the region announced the warring parties had agreed to temporarily suspend fighting. Last minute calls coordinated between the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), the African Union and the United Nations had announced success: That the …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Jan. 5, ordered a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas. This is the first major truce of the more than 10-month long war. Putin ordered the ceasefire to begin on Jan. 6, the Kremlin said. Many Orthodox Christians, including those living in Russia …

Ukraine’s government needs to agree to a ceasefire and return to the negotiating table, says Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We are ready for this,” Putin said as he declared the parts of Ukraine occupied by Moscow’s forces to be part of Russia. Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions are to …

A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect. The ceasefire began early on Friday, bringing to an end 11 days of fighting in which more than 250 people were killed, most of them in Gaza. Both Israel and Hamas claimed …