conflict

Pakistani Information Minister in exclusive interview discusses India/Pakistan conflict and how Trump ‘prevented a catastrophe’

In this exclusive interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm, Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said that the US, under the leadership of its current President Donald Trump, helped prevent a catastrophe between two nuclear-armed neighbors, Pakistan and India. He assured that Pakistan exercised its right to self-defense against India, and will respond in anyway necessary if India …

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Egypt Independent May 19, 2025

Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?

CNN — Sudan’s army says it has wrested control of the capital Khartoum from a feared militia accused of genocide after ousting it from the Presidential Palace and the city’s airport it had held since the start of a brutal two-year conflict. But while the capture of Khartoum marks an important moment in the conflict, …

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Egypt Independent March 28, 2025

Eastern and Southern African leaders hold unprecedented summit to seek way out of Congo conflict

Reuters — Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid advance since January has fanned fears of a wider war. The M23 rebels last week captured Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic …

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Egypt Independent February 10, 2025

Russia strikes kill three in central Kyiv at critical moment in Ukraine conflict

CNN — Three people were killed and three others were injured in an attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Saturday, according to officials, in a move Russia said was in retaliation for Ukraine using US-made ATACMS missiles. The deaths and injuries occurred in the city’s central Shevchenkivskyi district, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the …

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Egypt Independent January 19, 2025