Israel Frees Hundreds of Palestinian Prisoners After Body Handover
Israel freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, shortly after saying Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over coffins believed to contain the bodies of four hostages.
Israel freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, shortly after saying Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over coffins believed to contain the bodies of four hostages.
South Korean and Western intelligence agencies have said that more than 10,000 soldiers from the reclusive state were sent to Russia last year to help it fight a shock Ukrainian offensive into the Kursk border region.
Russia’s defence ministry said Thursday it had shot down 19 drones overnight across the country and in annexed Crimea, with other authorities reporting one person killed in the Belgorod region.
Russia and Ukraine launched dozens of drones at each other Wednesday in an aerial assault that left energy facilities damaged, one dead and at least four wounded in Ukraine, officials said.
DR Congo’s prime minister said Monday that “more than 7,000” people have been killed in the east of the country since January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 group seized two major cities.
Waziri Mkuu wa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo (DRC) alisema Jumatatu kwamba zaidi ya watu 7,000 wamefariki mashariki mwa nchi hiyo tangu mwezi Januari, wakati kundi la M23 lililokuwa likiungwa mkono na Rwanda lilipochukua miji miwili mikubwa.
Rais wa Burundi alielekea Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (DRC) kwa mazungumzo na mwenyeji wake, Rais Felix Tshisekedi, kuhusu mgogoro unaoendelea mashariki mwa taifa hilo lenye eneo kubwa la Afrika ya Kati, vyanzo vingi vya habari vimesema.
The plan stirred rare unity among Arab states which roundly rejected the idea, but they could still disagree over who will govern the Palestinian territory and who will pay for reconstruction.
The African Union published its official statement on Wednesday, expressing its “deep concern over the continued escalation of the conflict, between the two warring parties, particularly the non-stop perpetration of war crimes and crimes against humanity”.
Sarah had survived famine, multiple wars and years of displacement in Sudan’s Zamzam camp and never considered fleeing, until a paramilitary attack turned the site into a “killing field”.