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“Much of the capital has become empty.” Sudanese fleeing the fighting between rival generals in Khartoum and elsewhere are flooding an already overwhelmed city on the Red Sea and Sudan's northern borders with Egypt. https://t.co/3GYXNfvvlB

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A Palestinian prisoner has died after a hunger strike of nearly three months, Israel's prison service says. Khader Adnan, a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group, had gone on hunger strikes several times after previous arrests. https://t.co/fvXYCYPK9O

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A top U.N. official in Sudan tells @AP that the country's warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia. https://t.co/DFJjPuNVko

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Private armed guards aboard a famous yacht once owned by the late actor Richard Burton opened fire on Yemeni Coast Guard members after mistaking them for pirates, sparking a gunfight in the Gulf of Aden, authorities said. https://t.co/SlKTjQshob

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Sudanese residents say heavy explosions and gunfire rocked parts of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, despite the extension of a fragile truce between the county’s rival top generals. https://t.co/8t7pV6z85p

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial resumes as mass protests roil the country over his government's plan to overhaul the legal system. @AP explains the fraud charges and what's at stake for the country's longest-serving premier. https://t.co/S0HAp4IAj2

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For some of the roughly 50,000 Sudanese people living in the United Kingdom, a sense of duty to help their homeland has replaced a sense of helplessness from a fresh conflict unfolding 3,000 miles away. https://t.co/tCAYpYLmfg

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BREAKING: In first official word, Sudan's military says imprisoned former autocrat Omar al-Bashir is being held at a military-run hospital amid ongoing fighting and chaos. https://t.co/AwY0JexJX6

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Syrians on opposite sides of the battle lines dividing their country are watching the normalization of ties between Bashar Assad’s government and Syria's neighbors through starkly different lenses. By @sewella. https://t.co/yDyae9fjzA

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Israel's blue and white flag with the Star of David has been a hallmark of anti-government protests roiling the country for the past several months. The protesters say they are reclaiming the flag, which had increasingly been co-opted by nationalists. https://t.co/IdkfULoUdW

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Sudan’s warring generals have pledged to observe a new three-day truce that was brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia to try to pull the nation from the abyss. The claims were immediately undercut by the sound of heavy gunfire in Khartoum. https://t.co/Z0OVWzfkZY

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Many Sudanese are desperately seeking ways to escape the chaos that has engulfed their country as two rival generals fight for control and foreign governments airlift diplomats and other citizens out of Sudan. By @jackjeffery50. https://t.co/V9E1108lHe

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Many Sudanese are desperately seeking ways to escape the chaos that has engulfed their country as two rival generals fight for control and foreign governments airlift diplomats and other citizens out of Sudan. By @jackjeffery50. https://t.co/ENNkAHXPSB

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The holiday of Eid al-Fitr has ushered in a day of prayers and joy for Muslims around the world. But the celebration was marred by tragedy in Yemen and conflict in Sudan. After the Ramadan month of fasting, Muslims celebrate with feasts and family visits. https://t.co/8qLqmKRmkH

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BREAKING: Sudan's top general says the military remains committed to a transition to civilian rule, in his first speech since brutal fighting started between his forces and its powerful paramilitary rival. https://t.co/vnwfzAUrNT

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Fighting between forces loyal to rival generals raged in Sudan for a fifth day after an internationally brokered truce fell apart. The U.N. said the death toll had risen to at least 270 since the violence erupted over the weekend. https://t.co/DhQwSO4JAo

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.@AP photographer Hadi Mizban has covered 20 years of turmoil since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. At the height of sectarian violence after the invasion, he photographed suicide bombings, rocket strikes and shootings. He returned
to many of those sites. https://t.co/QojflxICbJ

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BREAKING: Arabic-language media say Sudan’s army has agreed to a 24-hour cease-fire starting Tuesday evening, hours after rival forces said the same, following days of fighting and scores of deaths. https://t.co/xI9Jli7sBc

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken says a U.S. Embassy convoy came under fire in Sudan, where the country’s army and a paramilitary rival have been battling in urban areas for the fourth day. No one was hurt in the attack. https://t.co/uSU3CbgIz7

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For many Palestinians, the road to the third-holiest site in Islam on the holiest night of Ramadan begins at an Israeli military checkpoint. Most men under 55 are turned away and often resort to perilous means to get to Al-Aqsa Mosque. By @IsabelDeBre. https://t.co/gRafB9kKNL