Sudan’s battles intensify as RSF claims new advance

2025-10-25T13:04:20+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Khartoum On Saturday, heavy fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, as the paramilitary group...

Rebel group claims capture of key city in Sudan

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says it has taken control of the western city of el-Fasher, marking a turning point in the civil war. The group said in a statement on social media that it had seized el-Fasher "from the grip of...

Sex attack migrant spotted at hotel ‘asking for free night’s stay’ as manhunt continues for third day

A MIGRANT mistakenly released from prison “tried to get a free night’s stay” at a hotel in east London. Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu freed from HMP Chelmsford was seen in a library in Dalston and later at the nearby Premier Inn, we can reveal....

Moment cops swoop to arrest sex attack hotel migrant near bus stop after accidental jail release sparked frantic manhunt

THIS is the moment cops cuffed wrongly-freed migrant sex attacker Hadush Kebatu this morning. The 41-year-old Ethiopian was held near a bus stop in Finsbury park, North London, at 8,35am. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Kebatu was held...

The 45 best Arabic songs of 2025 so far, from Nancy Ajram to Marwan Moussa

The music scene in the Arab world is as dynamic as ever. From pop stars to indie artists, spanning Morocco to Saudi Arabia, it continues to inspire, challenge and showcase the evolving sound of the region. With that in mind, The National will be...

Moment cops swoop to arrest sex attack hotel migrant near bus stop after accidental jail release sparked frantic manhunt

THIS is the moment cops cuffed wrongly-freed migrant sex attacker Hadush Kebatu this morning. The 41-year-old Ethiopian was held near a bus stop in Finsbury park, North London, at 8,35am. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Thank you! Kebatu was...

Sudanese Civil Society Demands Immediate End to Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons amidst Escalating Humanitarian Crisis

By Nelson Manneh Sudanese civil society groups have issued an urgent call for an immediate halt to the use of chemical weapons in Sudan’s ongoing conflict, as part of a powerful resolution adopted at the biannual Forum of Non-governmental...

Africa should not expect much from Donald Trump, By Johnnie Carson

President Trump and African leaders The administration will probably make some overtures to Africa; as it did in the first term. It will probably keep the Presidential Council on Doing Business in Africa largely as a gesture to the American...

Sudanese teen found guilty of murdering asylum hotel worker in England

LONDON - A Sudanese national has been found guilty of murdering a 27-year-old woman working at a hotel housing asylum seekers in central England where he had been staying, British prosecutors said on Friday. In October last year Deng Chol Majek,...

Portlaoise College celebrates diversity at Intercultural Day 2025

PORTLAOISE College came alive with colour, flavour, and celebration recently as students, parents and staff came together for the school’s much-loved Intercultural Day. With over 30 nationalities represented within the school community, the event...

Pope prays for peace at Colosseum

Pope Leo XIV is praying for peace at the Colosseum Tuesday along with other Christian denominations at the conclusion of the Catholic activist group Comunità di Sant'Egidio's international meeting of religions and cultures, "Dare to Peace." The...

IN PICTURES: More than 30 nationalities celebrated at Laois school

Portlaoise College was alive with colour, flavour, and celebration this week as students, parents and staff came together for the school’s much-loved Intercultural Day. With over thirty nationalities represented within the school community, the...

A Deep Look Inside Omar Al Tijani’s ‘The Sudanese Kitchen’

For Omar Al Tijani, The Sudanese Kitchen has always been something deeply personal. Living away from home, he began collecting family recipes—small culinary memories that helped him carry a piece of Sudan wherever he went. One that tells a...

Sudanese migrant guilty of murdering asylum hotel worker after stabbing her to death with screwdriver

Deng Chol Majek was found guilty on Friday of the murder of hotel worker Rhiannon Whyte. An asylum seeker has been found guilty of murdering a hotel worker after she was stabbed 19 times in the head with a screwdriver at a railway station. Listen...

Escapee describes summary killings after Darfur city’s fall

By Nafisa Eltahir (Reuters) -Sudanese paramilitary forces beat and shot men fleeing from a long-besieged city in Darfur after capturing it, according to an account from an escapee corroborated by statements from aid officials, satellite images,...

Sudanese clubs cleared to join Rwanda Premier League

Sudanese asylum seeker guilty of murdering hotel worker at UK railway station

Rhiannon Whyte died in hospital three days after being stabbed ( Image: PA Media) A man has been found guilty of murdering a hotel worker in an attack on a railway station platform in Walsall in October last year. Deng Chol Majek, a Sudanese...

International Quartet discusses efforts to reach urgent humanitarian truce in Sudan

KHARTOUM, Sudan/ISTANBUL US Senior Adviser for Arab and African Affairs Mossad Boulos said Saturday that the international Quartet discussed efforts to reach an urgent humanitarian truce in Sudan, and formed a joint committee to coordinate on the...

Cloudflare Q3 report shows the internet still breaks for the strangest reasons

Cloudflare's latest internet disruptions report reads like a global disaster log, with exam-related shutdowns, natural calamities, stray bullets, and even a Starlink software failure all taking chunks out of global connectivity. In its Q3 2025...

Sudan’s Sovereignty Council denies reports of talks with Rapid Support Forces

The Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council denied on Thursday that any direct or indirect talks were taking place in Washington between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a statement posted on its official page on...