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Tears of a child as Nepalis cremate quake dead

JAJARKOT: The wails of eight year old Prem Kala Kami echoed across her Nepali village on Sunday (Nov 5), as the shroud-wrapped bodies of her parents and two of her brothers lay beside her awaiting cremation. The remote village of Chiuri…

Eid Ceasefire Pleas Fail to Stop Clashes in Sudan

Sudan’s warring forces clashed again in the nation’s capital early Friday, with bombing and shelling reported in several areas of Khartoum, as they ignored appeals by world powers for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire.Both UN Secretary-General…

Timeline: Sudan Unrest Since Post-Bashir Coup

Sudan has been gripped by intense fighting between the army and rival paramilitaries who disagree over a plan to restore civilian rule 18 months after a military coup.The putsch upended a democratic transition begun after the ouster of…