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KHARTOUM — The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias are detaining civilians and demanding ransoms from families unable to flee the Sudanese city of al-Fashir, with those unable to pay facing killings or severe assaults, according to testimonies gathered by Reuters from former captives, aid workers, and researchers. The accounts, drawn from interviews with 33 survivors and 10 humanitarian personnel, indicate that large groups of civilians are being held in multiple villages within roughly 80 km of al-Fashir, North Darfur’s capital, which fell to RSF control in late October after an 18-month siege. Some detainees reported being taken back into the city itself as fighters demanded payments ranging from 5 million to 60 million Sudanese pounds ($1,400 to $17,000). The...
December 04, 2025
Report: RSF forces detaining civilians for ransom after fall of al-Fashir
December 04, 2025
Putin vows Russia will seize Donbas region by any means, as Ukrainians prepare for fresh peace talks
December 04, 2025
Israel says Palestinian groups returned body of Thai hostage held in Gaza
WASHINGTON — The New York Times is suing the Department of Defense over the Pentagon’s new restrictions on press access.The lawsuit, set to be filed in federal court in Washington, DC, names the Defense Department, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chief Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, as defendants.The lawsuit seeks the repeal of a new policy, instituted in October, that prompted Pentagon beat reporters to turn in their press passes rather than sign onto the restrictions.“The policy is an attempt to exert control over reporting the government dislikes, in violation of a free press’ right to seek information under their First and Fifth Amendment rights protected by the Constitution,” Times spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander said.“The Times intends to vigorously defend...
December 04, 2025
New York Times sues Hegseth over Pentagon press crackdown
December 04, 2025
More than 300 flights canceled as Indian airline faces 'staff shortage'
December 04, 2025
Five killed in Israeli air strikes on tents near Khan Younis, medics say
December 04, 2025
Israel says Rafah crossing to open soon to let Palestinians leave Gaza via Egypt
SINGAPORE — Singapore's opposition leader Pritam Singh has lost his appeal against a guilty verdict of lying to a parliamentary committee.In February, Singh was fined S$14,000 ($10,800; £8,100) for two charges related to his handling of Raeesah Khan, a former lawmaker from his party who confessed to lying to parliament.In a short hearing to a packed court public gallery on Friday, the judge said Singh's conviction was supported by the evidence provided.Singh, who leads the main opposition Workers' Party, said that he was "disappointed" with the decision but accepted it "fully and without reservation".He paid his fines at the courthouse after the hearing on Friday. "Might as well get it done," he told reporters.Singh retains his seat in parliament despite the conviction,...
December 04, 2025
Singapore court upholds guilty verdict for opposition leader Pritam Singh
December 04, 2025
Hong Kong orders removal of scaffolding mesh after deadly blaze
December 04, 2025
Oil, defense and geopolitics: Why Putin is visiting Modi in Delhi
