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UN rejects plans by Sudan's paramilitary group for a rival government amid civil war
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday rejected plans by Sudan’s paramilitary group to establish a rival government…
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UOB awarded S$17.7m in civil suit against Lippo Marina Collection over inflated housing loans
UOB has been awarded S$17.7 million in claims against Indonesian developer Lippo Marina Collection (LMC) and two property agents, Goh Buck…
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Sudan's civil war, by the numbers
CAIRO (AP) — Over two years have passed since Sudan plunged into a civil war that has caused what aid organizations have described as one…
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South Sudan's main opposition party rejects president's call for dialogue to avoid civil war
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan ’s main opposition party on Thursday dismissed a presidential call for dialogue to avoid the country…
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Berlin aims to boost civil defence, tells Germans to prep for crisis
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has called for strengthening Germany's civil protection systems in response to changing threat…
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New secretary-general of International Civil Defence Organization elected
The Secretary-General of the International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO) has been elected at a session held in Baku, according to the…
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Losing a baby, rescuing a child and dodging air strikes in Sudan's civil war
Aged just 19, Alawia Babiker Ahmed miscarried as she was fleeing on foot the devastating war that has ravaged Sudan's western region of…
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Rips Supreme Court for “Stymying” Civil Rights
The Supreme Court just issued its worst ruling for women since Dobbs. In a 6-3 decision Thursday, the nation’s highest judiciary ruled…
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MAGA Civil War Erupts as Trump Backs Israel’s Attack on Iran
Israel bombed several Iranian cities and nuclear sites early Friday, and Donald Trump has done nothing but inflame the situation. In a…
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Trump’s Odious New Demand of the Civil Service: Loyalty Oaths
As I say, that’s how it works under a normal president. Under the aberration that is Donald Trump, executive orders often have no role…
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Don’t Increase Taxes and Crowd Out Civil Society
Institutions of civil society should not become the newest source of revenue for a Congress unwilling to confront its spending problem.…
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Trump's firing of feds' civil liberties watchdog was illegal, judge rules
Yet another of President Trump's firings was found illegal Wednesday, when a federal judge ruled he overstepped in ousting members of the…
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Civil rights groups sue to restore jobs at Homeland Security oversight offices that were gutted
Three advocacy groups are suing the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem, seeking to restore staff jobs at three…
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Was the Civil War Inevitable?
Out of guilt or amnesia, we tend to treat wars, in retrospect, as natural disasters: terrible but somehow inevitable, beyond anyone’s…
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Posts misrepresent Canadian ruling on Sri Lanka civil war remembrance bill
The Supreme Court of Canada upheld a provincial law commemorating the thousands of civilians who were killed during a 2009 military…
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Boeing settles to avoid civil trial over Ethiopian Airlines crash
Boeing has reached a last-minute settlement to avoid a civil trial that was due to start on Monday over the fatal 2019 crash of an…
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Boeing faces new civil trial over 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash
Boeing is poised to face a jury trial from Monday over the fatal 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX plane, the first civil case…
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The U.S. has revoked visas for South Sudanese while civil war threatens at home
The United States once cheered the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation. Now the Trump administration has abruptly revoked the…
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Myanmar's opposition declares ceasefire in civil war after earthquake
Opposition forces in Myanmar's years-long civil war have declared a ceasefire as the country struggles to rescue survivors from a…
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UN chief: World leaders must speak with one voice to prevent a new civil war in South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief urged regional and international leaders Friday to prevent South Sudan from falling “over…
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Sudanese army recaptures Khartoum airport from civil war rivals
The Sudanese army has told the BBC it has recaptured the airport in the capital, Khartoum, from the paramilitary RSF, marking its latest…
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South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, UN envoy says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, the top U.N. official in the world’s youngest nation…
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Germany closes its embassy in South Sudan as it teeters on the brink of civil war
BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Saturday that it is temporarily closing its embassy in South Sudan. “After years of fragile…
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Trump Shuts Down DHS Civil Rights Office as Deportations Spark Outrage
The Department of Homeland Security shut down its office in charge of investigating civil rights complaints on Friday. DHS closed its…