KHARTOUM. Most of the members of Sudan's cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders were arrested on Monday in an apparent coup after weeks of tension between the military and a civilian government, three political sources said ... There was no immediate comment from the military. Sudanese state TV broadcast as normal ... .
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A crew member disclosed that she had raised safety concerns in the past about the assistant director whom authorities say unwittingly handed actor Alec Baldwin the prop gun that killed a cinematographer on a film set in New Mexico last week ... Halls has not responded to requests for comment ... Read more ... Alec Baldwin ... Read more ... Photograph ... Read more ... .
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Given the rise of duty-free electric vehicles, the Treasury may have to follow the capital’s example The cost of motoring is firmly in the spotlight again ... ....
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Tens of thousands of supporters of HungarianPrime MinisterViktor Orban and his right-wing government marched Saturday in Budapest demonstrating unity behind his contentious policies that have led to challenges to his power both in Hungary and the European Union... .
VATICAN CITY. PopeFrancis on Sunday urged governments to stop returning migrants to countries like Libya where they are sent to detention centres rife with abuse, and prioritise saving lives of those crossing the Mediterranean... “I don’t forget you ever. I hear your cry and pray for you,” he said ... Arrivals increase ... .
Dohuk – Archaeologists in Iraq revealed Sunday their discovery of a large-scale wine factory from the rule of the Assyrian kings 2,700 years ago, along with stunning monumental rock-carved royal reliefs ...Ancient 'propaganda scene' ... the people should remember this and remain loyal." ... Iraq was the cradle of some world's earliest cities ... AFP .
Police secure a road leading to the scene of an explosion in the Komamboga suburb of the capital Kampala, Uganda, Oct. 24 (local time). AP-Yonhap. An explosion at an eatery in Uganda's capital was an apparent terrorist act, PresidentYoweri Museveni said on Sunday ... The eatery is a normally busy place, frequented by commuters ... (AP). .
China is removing domes and minarets from thousands of mosques. Authorities are taking down overtly Islamic architecture as part of a "sinicization" push to make them seem more traditionally Chinese. (Image credit. Dru Gladney/Pomona College) ....
In his final policy speech at parliament, PresidentMoon Jae-in said he’ll “make efforts to the end to help a new order for peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula....
Poorer countries are to be offered billions of dollars more in funding in an effort to break the impasse between developed and developing countries at the UN Cop26 climate summit ...Alok Sharma, the UK cabinet minister who will act as Cop26 president, said. “Developed countries must deliver on the $100bn a year promised to developing nations ... They said.
SudanesePrime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Military forces detained at least five senior Sudanese government figures on Monday, officials said, as the country's main pro-democracy group called on people to take to the streets to counter an apparent military coup ... In recent days, both camps have taken to the street in demonstrations ... ....
The ancient Egyptians were carrying out sophisticated mummifications of their dead 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence which could lead to a rewriting of the history books ... It has been dated to the Old Kingdom, proving that mummification techniques some 4,000 years ago were highly advanced ... She added ... Photograph ... .
BOGOTA (AFP) - Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker, DairoAntonio Usuga, also known as "Otoniel," was arrested by the country's authorities, the government said on Saturday (Oct 23). Presidential adviser Emilio Archila praised "the capture in Necocli of Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias 'Otoniel', head of the Gulf Clan," in a message on Twitter ... ....
Scavengers, trophy hunters and “metal pirates” are looting the treasures under the seas – and there are fears Australia’s first submarine could be next ... The 726-tonne submarine was travelling in hazy weather off the coast of what is now Papua New Guinea when it disappeared, and it was declared lost at sea on 14 September 1914 ... Read more ... Photograph ... .