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Sudan's paramilitary RSF says it took control of strategic Heglig oilfield
Dec 8 (Reuters) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday it had taken control of the strategic Heglig oilfield in the South Kordofan province. Heglig, which lies along Sudan's ...
Dec 08, 2025
Tanzania urges citizens to stay home ahead of expected independence day protests
NAIROBI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Tanzania's prime minister urged people to stay at home on Tuesday, when activists have called for protests against the violent suppression of anti-government demonstrations ...
Dec 08, 2025
Congo battles worst cholera outbreak in 25 years, UNICEF says
Dec 8 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo is battling its worst cholera outbreak in 25 years which has killed almost 2,000 people since January, the U.N. children's agency said on Monday....
Dec 08, 2025
WHO says over 100 killed in attacks on Sudan kindergarten and hospital
GENEVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - More than 100 people, including dozens of children, were killed in attacks on a kindergarten in Sudan that continued even as parents and caretakers rushed the wounded to a ne...
Dec 08, 2025
Indonesia to send home two Dutch convicts, one on death row, after repatriation deal
JAKARTA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Two elderly Dutch prisoners convicted of drug offences are set to leave Indonesia for the Netherlands on Monday, officials said, after both nations signed a repatriation dea...
Dec 08, 2025
Global leaders commit $1.9 billion to eradicate polio amid funding cuts
Dec 8 (Reuters) - Global leaders pledged $1.9 billion to advance polio eradication on Monday, accelerating efforts to protect 370 million children from polio each year amid significant funding cuts. T...
Dec 08, 2025
EU looking at options for boosting Lebanon's internal security forces, document says
By Lili Bayer, John Irish and Maya Gebeily BRUSSELS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The European Union is studying options for strengthening Lebanon's Internal Security Forces to help free up the Lebanese army to ...
Dec 08, 2025
After a lull, Yemeni separatists wrest control of some areas from Saudi-backed government
DUBAI, Dec 8 - A separatist group in the south of Yemen says it has seized large territory from the internationally recognised government, including some oil fields, bringing fresh instability years a...
Dec 08, 2025
Zelenskiy says no accord so far on eastern Ukraine in US talks, Bloomberg News reports
Dec 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said negotiators remain split over territorial concessions in a U.S.-brokered peace plan, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing a phone in...
Dec 08, 2025
Thailand aims to cripple Cambodia's military capability to neutralise threat, general says
BANGKOK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Thailand's army has set a target of crippling Cambodia's military capability with the aim of neutralising its threat for a long time to come, the army's chief of staff said ...
Dec 08, 2025
