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The number of migrants caught crossing illegally or presenting themselves at legal border crossings has steadily risen after dropping in mid-May when the U.S. rolled out stricter new asylum rules. The increase has strained U.S. cities at the border and further north. Republicans blame Biden for reversing hardline immigration policies of Republican former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner for his party's nomination. To reduce illegal crossings, the Biden administration rolled out a new regulation in May that requires migrants to schedule an appointment to enter at a legal border crossing or face a higher standard for asylum. The administration also has opened other legal ways for migrants to enter the U.S. from abroad.

Persons: Douglas, David, Leon, Luis, Adrees Latif, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, Daina Solomon, Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg, Aurora Ellis, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Customs, Border Protection, Democrat, Republican, Wednesday, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Venezuela, Rio Grande, United States, Mexico, Eagle Pass , Texas, U.S, MEXICO, Washington, Mexico City

The General Assembly has undergone tremendous changes as its influence has waned. What does the General Assembly do? Unlike the U.N. Security Council, which can impose sanctions or authorize the use of force, the General Assembly is purely deliberative. The General Assembly also appoints the U.N. secretary general, currently António Guterres, for five-year terms and the Security Council’s 10 nonpermanent members. Last year, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine delivered a searing rebuke of the Russian invasion of his country in a recorded address to the General Assembly.

Persons: ”, Peter J, Hoffman, that’s, Dr, “, it’s, Israel, António, Volodymyr Zelensky, Guterres, ’, ” Dr, Indira Gandhi of Organizations: United Nations, Assembly, Security Council, Social Council, BRICS, New School, . Security, United Nations ’, Pacific, General, Sustainable, General Assembly, Security, New Zealand —, Indira Gandhi of India Locations: Manhattan, New York City, United, New York, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Caribbean, Western Europe, Ukraine, “, South Sudan, Europe, Americas, Australia, North America, Israel, Japan, South Korea, New, ”, Oceania, America

☆ Number of billion-dollar weather disasters in US blows through annual record with four months left in the year
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

This year’s billion-dollar disasters have caused 253 direct and indirect fatalities and have resulted in $57.6 billion in damage, NOAA data shows. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Ken Kruse looks out at floodwaters surrounding his apartment complex in Tarpon Springs, Florida, on August 30. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Florida's Fort Myers Beach is seen during high tide ahead of Hurricane Idalia on August 29. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg/Getty Images Shelves are left empty at a Target store in Gainesville, Florida, on August 29. Sarah Salmonese sits where her apartment once stood in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Friday, August 11.

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“They have nowhere they can go back to,” Mr. Choula said of his family, who spent Saturday night sleeping in a field with several other families. Some are rallying together to send funds and organize shipments of supplies for survivors while others are heading home to help on the ground. But Mr. Dehy said he had received dozens of calls from Moroccans who want to immediately send help home. For Moroccans watching from afar, “the only thing that helps them is knowing that they helped, that they didn’t just stand idly by,” Mr. Dehy said. Mr. Choula, 41, said he was gathering money to send home.

Persons: Youssef Choula, “, ” Mr, Choula, ”, Latif Dehy, Dehy, —, Ella Williams, Talat N’yakoub, It’s, “ I’ve, Williams Organizations: “, French, of, British Moroccan Society Locations: Gloucestershire, England, Marrakesh, Amizmiz, Moroccan, Avignon, France, Morocco, Europe, Britain, ”

Workers assemble a string of buoys, to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande river, at the international border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Adrees Latif Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. Appeals Court on Thursday granted a temporary stay allowing Texas to keep in place floating buoys installed in the middle of the Rio Grande to block migrants from illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as court proceedings move forward, a court filing showed. A U.S. judge had ordered Texas on Wednesday to move the floating buoys in what was seen as a tentative win for President Joe Biden, whose administration sued the state. Although that order was not meant to take effect until Sept. 15, Thursday's ruling could prevent Texas from having to take immediate steps to start moving the barriers to the embankment. Reporting by Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh; editing by Mica Rosenberg and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Adrees Latif, Joe Biden, Thursday's, Greg Abbott, Ted Hesson, Kanishka Singh, Mica Rosenberg, Leslie Adler Organizations: Workers, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Appeals, Texas, Thomson Locations: Rio, Mexico, Eagle Pass , Texas, U.S, Texas

☆ Gabon Military Says Deposed President Is ‘Free’ to Travel Overseas
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Abdi Latif Dahir | More About Abdi Latif Dahir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was deposed as president of Gabon last week in a coup that ended his family’s decades-long grip on power in the central African nation, is no longer subject to house arrest and is free to leave the country, the ruling military junta has said. Mr. Bongo’s health has long been a concern after he suffered a stroke five years ago and was often seen walking with a cane. The military said in a statement read on national television on Wednesday night that he would be allowed to travel overseas for medical care. The announcement from the military came two days after the leader of the coup, Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, a cousin of the ousted leader and the head of the elite Republican Guard that was tasked with guarding him, was sworn in as Gabon’s new leader. After taking oath on Monday, General Nguema promised to hold free and fair elections but did not indicate when or how they would take place.

Persons: Ali Bongo Ondimba, Brice Oligui Nguema, General Nguema Organizations: Republican Guard Locations: Gabon

Every day, Vélina Élysée Charlier drives past barricaded neighborhoods and frequently sees dead bodies lying on the street, she said, a result of score-settling between gangs and vigilantes in Haiti’s capital. After dusk, she never leaves home for fear of being killed or kidnapped. When her 8-year-old daughter got appendicitis one evening, Ms. Charlier said, the family waited until morning to get her medical care since driving to a hospital was out of the question. “Port-au-Prince looks like something out of hell these days,” said Ms. Charlier, 42, a prominent anticorruption activist in the city and mother of four who lives in a hillside area of the capital. After that desperate appeal, a force led by Kenya finally seems close to materializing in what would be the first time an African country leads such a mission in one of the Americas’ most unstable places.

Persons: Charlier, ” Locations: “, Kenya

☆ Cedar Key: Hurricane Idalia turned a 'haven for artists' into a flooded wreck
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Thomas Simonetti/The Washington Post/Getty ImagesA view of the flooding in Cedar Key, Florida, on August 30, 2023. Julio Cesar Chavez/ReutersPhotos on the Cedar Key Fire Rescue Facebook account showing some of the early destruction. And unlike Key West, Cedar Key has avoided high-end commercial development along its shores and remains a low-key spot. What Idalia did to Cedar KeyA vehicle was partially submerged after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Cedar Key on Wednesday. “Everything is flooded,” Shely Boivin, the manager of a beachfront motel in Cedar Key, told CNN.

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☆ US airlines cancel over 1,000 flights as Hurricane Idalia makes Florida landfall
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A resident drives past a fallen tree due to the high winds from Hurricane Idalia in Clearwater, Florida, U.S., August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 30 (Reuters) - Airlines in the United States canceled more than 1,000 flights on Wednesday as Hurricane Idalia slammed into the Big Bend region of Florida, but the storm's power ebbed as it headed toward Georgia. Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) canceled more than 220 flights, while Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) canceled 157 flights, as of 12 p.m. Airports at Tampa, Clearwater and Tallahassee shut down operations and were monitoring the status of the storm. American Airlines (AAL.O) said it had suspended operations at multiple airports in Florida including Tampa, Sarasota and Tallahassee, and canceled 167 flights as of Wednesday morning.

Persons: Adrees Latif, Idalia, Shivansh Tiwary, Nathan Gomes, Shounak Dasgupta Organizations: REUTERS, Airlines, United States, Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Airports, Tampa Airport, Jacksonville International Airport, American Airlines, Thomson Locations: Hurricane, Clearwater , Florida, U.S, United, Bend, Florida, Georgia, Tampa , Clearwater, Tallahassee, Gulf Coast, Cuba, Tampa , Sarasota, Bengaluru

☆ US airlines cancel over 850 flights as Hurricane Idalia makes Florida landfall
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A resident drives past a fallen tree due to the high winds from Hurricane Idalia in Clearwater, Florida, U.S., August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 30 (Reuters) - Airlines in the United States canceled more than 850 flights on Wednesday as Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 storm. Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) canceled more than 200 flights, while Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) and American Airlines (AAL.O) canceled 148 and 98 flights, respectively, as of 8:17 a.m. Airports at Tampa, Clearwater and Tallahassee shut down operations and were monitoring the status of the storm. Reporting by Shivansh Tiwary and Nathan Gomes in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak DasguptaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Adrees Latif, Idalia, Shivansh Tiwary, Nathan Gomes, Shounak Dasgupta Organizations: REUTERS, Airlines, United States, Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Airports, Tampa Airport, Jacksonville International Airport, Thomson Locations: Hurricane, Clearwater , Florida, U.S, United, Florida's Big Bend, Tampa , Clearwater, Tallahassee, Idalia, Cuba, Bengaluru

STEINHATCHEE, Florida, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Florida's Gulf Coast braced on Wednesday for fierce winds, torrential rain and surging seawater from Idalia, forecast to become "an extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane, as it swirled toward a direct hit on the state's Big Bend region. Most of Florida's 21 million residents, and many in the adjacent states of Georgia and South Carolina, were under hurricane warnings and other storm-related advisories. Any storm reaching Category 3 or higher is considered a major hurricane. 1 killer in all of these storms is water," Deanne Criswell, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's administrator, said on CNN. Idalia-related disruptions extended to Florida's Atlantic coast at Cape Canaveral, where the Tuesday launch of a rocket carrying a U.S. Space Force intelligence satellite was delayed indefinitely.

Persons: Kevin Guthrie, Rene Hoffman, Idalia, Steve Pizzano, Adrees Latif, Biden, Ron DeSantis, Irma, Michael, Ian, DeSantis, Milton Bontrager, Maria Alejandra Cardona, Marco Bello, Joey Roulette, Rich McKay, Nelson Acosta, Dave Sherwood, Brad Brooks, Brendan O'Brien, Nandita Bose, Steve Gorman, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Reuters Graphics Reuters, National Hurricane Center, NHC, REUTERS, Federal Emergency Management, CNN, White, Florida, Republican, U.S . Space Force, Tampa International Airport, National Guard, Thomson Locations: STEINHATCHEE, Florida, Idalia, Bend, Gulf of Mexico, Georgia, South Carolina, Steinhatchee , Florida, Miami, Cedar Key , Florida, Gulf Coast, North, Sarasota, Apalachicola Bay ., Clearwater Beach , Florida, U.S, Gulf, Gainesville, Tallahassee, Tampa, St, Petersburg, Cape Canaveral, Cuba, Tampa , Florida, Atlanta, Havana, Guanimar, Longmont , Colorado, Chicago, Washington

☆ Texas scorches under brutal heat wave
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[9/17]Paramedics with the Galveston County Health District transport Jordan, 85, to a hospital after they said he overheated and fell in his kitchen during a heat wave in Galveston, Texas, August 27. REUTERS/Adrees LatifGALVESTON, TX, UNITED STATES

Persons: Adrees Latif Organizations: Health District, REUTERS, UNITED STATES Locations: Galveston, Jordan, Galveston , Texas, Adrees Latif GALVESTON, TX

A man with American Electric Power (AEP) repairs an electricity cable during a heatwave in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. July 28, 2023. Power grids carry reserves to ensure the system remains reliable in case a large power plant or transmission line fails unexpectedly. ERCOT forecast demand would reach 85,296 megawatts (MW) on Thursday, just shy of its 85,435 MW record set Aug. 10. MISO projected it would have 125,907 MW of supplies available with 120,656 MW from internal resources and 5,251 MW of imports. That would not be enough to meet the grid's forecast peak of 127,692 MW, which would top the system's all-time high of 127,100 MW in July 2011.

Persons: Adrees Latif, ERCOT, MISO, Brandon Morris, Morris, Scott DiSavino, Nick Zieminski Organizations: American Electric Power, REUTERS, Reliability, of Texas, Thomson Locations: Pass , Texas, U.S, Texas, Central, Houston, Dallas, Minnesota, Louisiana

A man with American Electric Power (AEP) repairs an electricity cable during a heatwave in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 24 (Reuters) - Two U.S. electric grids issued alerts warning of the potential for power shortages on Thursday due to a brutal heat wave blanketing Texas and U.S. Central states. ERCOT faces "a high potential to enter emergency operations this evening" due to low wind generation and high power demand, the grid operator said. AccuWeather forecast temperatures in Houston, the biggest city in Texas, would reach 107 degrees Fahrenheit (41.7 degrees Celsius) on Thursday. MISO projected power use would reach 127,195 MW on Thursday, topping the system's all-time high of 127,100 MW in July 2011.

Persons: Adrees Latif, ERCOT, MISO, Brandon Morris, Morris, Scott DiSavino, Brijesh Patel, Nick Zieminski, Jonathan Oatis, David Gregorio Our Organizations: American Electric Power, REUTERS, Reliability, of Texas, Thomson Locations: Pass , Texas, U.S, Texas, Central, Houston, Dallas, Minnesota, Louisiana

CNN —Two Israeli civilians were shot and killed on Saturday in the flashpoint West Bank town of Huwara, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). IDF soldiers have been pursuing the suspects and have set up blockades in the area, the military said in a statement. Huwara, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, was the scene of the fatal shooting of two Israeli settler brothers in February, following that night by revenge attacks by settlers on the Palestinian town. Hamas, the Palestinian militant movement that runs Gaza and is increasingly popular in the West Bank, praised the attack without directly claiming responsibility for it. “The security forces are working diligently to find the murderer and come to terms with him, just as we have done with all the murderers so far.”

Persons: David Adom, Tomer Gusman, Abdel, Latif, Qanou, Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, –, ” Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, West, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, West Bank, Israel’s Locations: West Bank, Huwara, Nablus, Gaza, Israel

REUTERS/Adrees LatifNEW YORK, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Michael Burry, the money manager made famous in the book and film "The Big Short," held bearish options against the broad S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Index at the end of the second quarter, according to securities fillings released on Monday. Put options convey the right to sell shares at a fixed price in the future and are typically bought to express a bearish or defensive view. Michael Lewis' nonfiction book "The Big Short" was released in 2010 and the movie version came out in 2015. The S&P 500 (.SPX) is up roughly 17% for the year to date while the Nasdaq 100 (.IXIC) is up nearly 39% over the same period. Burry, who frequently turns over his portfolio, drew wide attention last August when he dumped all of his long positions and bought a stake in prison company Geo Group Inc (GEO.N).

Persons: Adrees Latif, Michael Burry, Michael Lewis, David Randall, Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, Ira Iosebashvili, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Nasdaq, REUTERS, YORK, Scion Asset Management, U.S, Nvidia, HK, Alibaba Group Holdings, Western Alliance Bancorp, First Republic Bank, RealReal Inc, Warner Bros ., Warner Brothers, Scion, Management, Geo Group Inc, Thomson Locations: Square, Midtown New York, New York

REUTERS/Adrees LatifEAGLE PASS, Texas, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The leafy trees on Magali and Hugo Urbina's 350-acre orchard next to the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, should be bursting with pecans this time of year. Migrants for years have forged the river from Mexico to Eagle Pass, part of increasingly higher numbers of people crossing illegally in recent years. He has accused Biden of failing to enforce migration laws and said he has the authority to "defend" Texas' border. Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility, with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tasked with securing the border. ENVIRONMENTAL RISKSIn Eagle Pass, sediment falling into the river from the installation of fences and buoys is already altering the water's flow, according to environmentalists.

Persons: Adrees Latif, Hugo Urbina's, Greg Abbott's, Magali, Abbott, Joe Biden, Hugo, breastfed, Biden, Martin Castro, Laiken Jordahl, Daina Beth Solomon, Ted Hesson, Stephen Eisenhammer, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, PASS, Texas, Republican, Star, Democratic, National Guard, Reuters, Watershed, Rio, Customs, Border Protection, of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Center for Biological Diversity, Thomson Locations: United States, Mexico, Eagle Pass , Texas, U.S, Texas, Rio Grande, Eagle, Venezuelan, States, Mexico City

☆ Emergent BioSolutions to lay off about 400 employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A nurse demonstrates the application of the NARCAN nasal spray medication at a outpatient treatment center in Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File PhotoAug 8 (Reuters) - Emergent BioSolutions (EBS.N) on Tuesday decided to cut 400 jobs and scale back operations at some its facilities, pivoting its focus on core products such as overdose reversal nasal spray Narcan and anthrax vaccines. Smaller biotech companies have been struggling to finance drug development programs and that has hampered their ability to deliver on contract research services for over a year. The company had nearly 2,500 employees as of Dec.31, according to its regulatory filing. Emergent expects to incur an estimated cost of between about $19 million and $21 million in the third quarter of 2023.

Persons: Adrees Latif, Sriparna Roy, Shounak Dasgupta, Arun Koyyur Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Indiana , Pennsylvania, U.S, Bayview, Baltimore, Canton , Massachusetts, Bengaluru

☆ Body found in river buoys at Mexico border amid criticism of policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers ride past buoys while patrolling the Rio Grande river along the international boundary of the United States and Mexico near Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. July 29, 2023. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File PhotoMEXICO CITY, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A body was found stuck in a barrier of buoys installed by Texas authorities in the Rio Grande river, which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexico's foreign ministry said on Wednesday while expressing fresh safety concerns over the floating fence. Authorities are working to identify the body found in the river and determine the cause of death, according to a statement from Mexico's foreign ministry. The Texan government installed the barrier last month and said at the time the buoys would "help deter illegal immigrants attempting to make the dangerous river crossing into Texas." A joint letter from more than 60 organizations was sent to Texan state legislators on Tuesday urging them to put an end to "violent border strategies" and remove the buoys from the Rio Grande river, the Border Network for Human Rights organization said in a statement.

Persons: Adrees Latif, Valentine Hilaire, Daina Solomon, Stephen Coates Organizations: Texas, of Public Safety, REUTERS, U.S . Justice, Border Network, Human Rights, Thomson Locations: Rio, United States, Mexico, Eagle, , Texas, U.S, MEXICO, Texas

☆ Iraq to summon US ambassador over remarks about Christian leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid speaks during a news conference as an ancient artifact brought back from Italy is exhibited, following his visit to Rome, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 18, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed SaadJuly 20 (Reuters) - Iraq's president said late on Wednesday he would summon the United States ambassador to Baghdad over critical remarks by a U.S. State Department spokesperson regarding the Iraqi government's treatment of a top Iraqi Christian leader. "I will say we are disturbed by the harassment of Cardinal Sako ... and troubled by the news that he has left Baghdad," Miller told a press briefing. The Iraqi Christian community is a vital part of Iraq's identity and a central part of Iraq's history of diversity and tolerance," Miller said. Rashid was "disappointed by accusations leveled against the Iraqi government" by Miller and so would summon the ambassador, a presidency statement said.

Persons: Abdul Latif Rashid, Ahmed Saad, Matthew Miller, Cardinal Louis Sako, Sako, Pope Francis, Rashid's, Cardinal Sako, Miller, Rashid, Hatem Maher, Timour, Timour Azhari, Leslie Adler, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . State Department, State Department, Chaldean Catholic, Iraqi, Vatican Embassy, Chaldean, Islamic, Thomson Locations: Italy, Rome, Baghdad, Iraq, United States, Iraqi, U.S, Iran, Iraq's, Kurdistan, Vatican, Islamic State

☆ Factbox: From Hawaii to Kentucky, a mix of severe weather
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Adrees LatifJuly 19 (Reuters) - Severe weather disrupted parts of the United States on Wednesday, with a tropical storm skirting Hawaii, thunderstorms knocking out power in Kentucky and Tennessee and a relentless heat wave stubbornly parked over the Southwest. The zone of extreme heat could expand into the northern Plains and Midwest beginning the middle of next week, the weather service said. TROPICAL STORM, POWER OUTAGESIn the Hawaiian Islands, Tropical Storm Calvin lashed the Big Island on Wednesday with strong winds and heavy downpours as it slowly passed south of the Pacific archipelago. Hawaii Governor Josh Green declared a state of emergency, closing all state offices and schools in anticipation of the storm. New York, the most populous city in the United States, was listed on Wednesday morning as No.

Persons: Olivia, Evelyn Black, Adrees Latif, Storm Calvin, Josh Green, Brendan O'Brien, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, National Weather Service, Texas Tribune, Austin, Texas Department, Criminal, Thomson Locations: Fountains, Discovery, Houston , Texas, U.S, United States, Hawaii, Kentucky, Tennessee, Canada, Southern California, San Bernardino , California, Phoenix, San Antonio , Texas, Midwest, TEXAS, Texas, Austin, Hawaiian, Virginia, Carolinas, East Coast, New York, Chicago

☆ Sudanese City Becomes Center of ‘New Phase’ of War
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Abdi Latif Dahir | More About Abdi Latif Dahir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

As the war in Sudan heads into its fourth month, Omdurman — the city across the Nile River from the capital, Khartoum — has become the site of some of the most fierce fighting between the two forces battling for power: the army and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Patients were admitted in droves in recent days to one of the few functioning health facilities left in Omdurman, their bodies riddled with bullets or sliced by shrapnel from airstrikes. Some victims were dead by the time they were brought in, their passage hindered by street battles in Omdurman, once a bustling business hub and home to many universities, hospitals and political and cultural institutions. “It’s been like hell,” said Dr. Rashid Mukhtar Hassan, the human resource manager at the health facility, Al-Nau Teaching Hospital, in a phone call.

Persons: “ It’s, ”, Rashid Mukhtar Hassan Organizations: Rapid Support Forces, Nau Teaching Hospital Locations: Sudan, Omdurman, Khartoum —, Al

☆ Israeli Military Combs West Bank City for More Militant Targets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Israel’s military pressed on for a second day on Tuesday with an operation aimed at rooting out armed groups in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, as the Palestinian death toll rose to 10, according to Palestinian health officials. Militant groups have so far claimed five of them as members. The assailant was shot and killed by a civilian on the scene, an Israeli police spokesman said. No Palestinian faction immediately took responsibility for the attack, though it was quickly praised by Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza. A spokesman for Hamas, Abdel Latif al-Qanou, said on Twitter that the attack was “the beginning of the response to the Zionist occupation’s aggression against Jenin.”

Persons: Israel, Abdel Latif al Organizations: West Bank, Militant, Palestinian, Twitter Locations: Jenin, Tel Aviv, Gaza, ”

CNN —Eight people were injured after a car driver rammed into pedestrians near a Tel Aviv shopping center and then got out of the vehicle to stab civilians, Israeli officials said Tuesday. A police spokesperson described the car ramming on Pinchas Rosen Street in northern Tel Aviv as a “terror attack,” and told CNN the driver was killed by an armed civilian. “This terror attack was combined, both of the vehicle hitting pedestrians, and then the driver, leaving the car, going outside, and stabbing innocent civilians,” he said. Hamas praised the attack in Tel Aviv, a statement by the militant group’s spokesman Abdel Latif Al-Kanoa said. “The heroic operation of Tel Aviv is the beginning of the response to the aggression of the Zionist occupation on Jenin,” Al-Kanoa said.

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☆ ‘No One Can Silence Me’: Paul Rusesabagina on His Captivity in Rwanda
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Abdi Latif Dahir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With his hands and legs trussed up and his mouth gagged, Rwanda’s most prominent dissident was relieved when after two days in detention, his blindfold was finally taken off. Standing in front of him, blocking the blinding light, were two senior Rwandan government officials, he said, who promised to free him quickly if he began cooperating. “You can get anything else you want,” Paul Rusesabagina, the hotelier whose heroism in the face of the genocide in 1994 inspired the Oscar-nominated movie “Hotel Rwanda,” recalled that the officials told him. “It is you to make a choice.”But Mr. Rusesabagina knew he didn’t have a choice. Mr. Rusesabagina was tortured and denied medication, he said, then charged with terrorism and sentenced to 25 years in prison in a trial that drew global condemnation.

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