Sudan conflict: 'I'm drinking water from the River Nile'
After six days of fierce fighting that have brought normal life to a halt in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, I have left my house for the first time.
Although I can still hear explosions and gunfire across the city, I had no choice.
We have run out of water. So I have driven to the River Nile.
At home, I have been sheltering inside with my wife and children. Clashes have been happening near my house. When we hear shelling we hide under the furniture to try and protect ourselves.
The bombing has hit key infrastructure, like water pipes. So we have no running water and the electricity and internet supply is cutting in and out. So I went to a nearby store to try and buy water and essentials - but the shop was shut.
MEPs condemn Suella Braverman over arrest of French publisher
Ernest Moret was interrogated by UK counter terrorist police when he arrived in London on Tuesday
Suella Braverman has been condemned by a group of MEPs over the arrest in London of a French publisher who was interrogated by counter terrorist police about his political views and “anti-government” contacts.
Twelve MEPs wrote to the home secretary to express their outrage at the “scandalous treatment” of Ernest Moret, who was detained for almost 24 hours and whose iPhone and laptop remain in the hands of the British police. The European politicians accused the British government of infringing basic human rights and abusing anti-terrorism laws.
The French government is also being urged by French MPs to explain its role Moret’s London arrest.
Pakistan places first order for discounted Russian oil, joining major buyers India and China
Pakistan has become the latest Asian country to import Russia’s discounted crude oil, joining India and China which are importing heavily from Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine.
Petroleum minister of Pakistan Musadik Malik told Reuters that Islamabad has placed its first order for crude oil after striking a new deal with Russia and the cargo will dock at Karachi port in May.
Under the new deal struck with Moscow, the South Asian nation’s imports are expected to reach 100,000 barrels per day if the first transaction goes smoothly, Mr Malik said on Wednesday.
Tunisia opposition leader to be held in detention
Rached Ghannouchi, a major figure since Tunisia's 2011 revolution, is to be held in custody until his trial, a judge has ruled. He is one of several political figures arrested under President Saied's rule.
A Tunisian judge ruled on Thursday that the leader of the main opposition bloc be held in detention after he was arrested on Monday.
Rached Ghannouchi was arrested on charges of incitement against state authorities.
The 81-year-old is the head of the Islamist Ennahdha movement and had previously presided over the Tunisian parliament before President Kais Saied — of whom Ghannouchi is a major critic — shut it down in what opposition groups have called a "coup."
The judge carried out an eight-hour investigation before ruling on Ghannouchi's detention. He is to be held until his trial, although no date has been set for the next hearing.
Police block protesters as Macron faces down hostile crowds in rural France
French police fired teargas Thursday in a village in southern France where President Emmanuel Macron visited a school, a day after he was booed and heckled over his unpopular pension reform.
After facing angry voters on Wednesday in eastern Alsace, the 45-year-old head of state travelled to the southern Herault region on Thursday to discuss education.
The trips outside Paris are intended to signal his desire to turn the page on his unpopular pensions changes and demonstrate he is not hiding from voters, many of whom have been outraged by the way the legislation was passed.
Saying he wanted to "acknowledge and pay teachers better", the 45-year-old former investment banker announced at a school in the village of Ganges that they would receive between 100-230 euros ($110-250) more a month after tax from September.
Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting rapidly and driving sea level rise, new satellite data finds
The Earth’s ice sheets lost enough ice over the last 30 years to create an ice cube 12 miles high, according to new research.
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which hold almost all of the world’s freshwater ice, are shrinking at a frighteningly rapid pace, according to a report on Thursday from a team of international scientists.
Combining data from 50 satellite surveys of Antarctica and Greenland, spanning the years 1992 to 2020, scientists from the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise, or IMBIE, were able to track changes in the ice sheets’ volume and ice flow.
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