Following is a abstract of present world information briefs.

Shelling, looting in Sudan’s capital as army factions battle for eighth week

Shelling and heavy clashes hit areas of Sudan’s capital on Monday, residents mentioned, with reviews of spreading lawlessness in Khartoum and within the western area of Darfur after greater than seven weeks of battle between rival army factions. Fighting between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensified after the expiry late on Saturday of a ceasefire deal brokered by Saudi Arabia and the U.S.

Russia, Ukraine face off at World Court over MH17 airliner downing

Ukraine and Russia face off on the prime United Nations court docket on Tuesday over Moscow’s alleged backing of pro-Russian separatists blamed for the taking pictures down of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014. Judges on the International Court of Justice will hear Ukraine’s declare that Moscow violated a U.N. anti-terrorism treaty by equipping and funding pro-Russian forces who worldwide investigators concluded shot down the jetliner over jap Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew.

Ukraine has sufficient weapons to start counter-offensive, says overseas minister

Ukraine has sufficient weapons to start its counter-offensive towards Russia, and the operation will give the nation the victory it wants to hitch NATO, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba advised Reuters on Monday. Membership of the army alliance would “probably” solely be doable for Ukraine after the tip of lively hostilities, Kuleba mentioned in an interview in Kyiv.

Russia says it thwarts one other main assault in Ukraine, inflicting heavy losses

Russia mentioned on Tuesday it had thwarted one other main Ukrainian offensive in Donetsk, inflicting heavy losses, whereas Ukraine hailed progress in combating within the east, though it was unclear if it marked the beginning of a long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive. On Monday, Russia mentioned Ukrainian forces over the weekend had begun a significant offensive within the southern a part of the Donetsk area, which it had additionally thwarted.

EU extends restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports

The European Commission mentioned on Monday it was extending till Sept. 15 an association whereby 5 of Ukraine’s EU neighbours can prohibit imports of Ukrainian grain. The EU on May 2 allowed the 5 international locations – Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia – to ban home gross sales of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seeds whereas permitting transit via them for export elsewhere, together with to different EU international locations.

US senator presses for declassified report on Al Jazeera reporter’s killing

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen referred to as on Monday for declassifying a authorities report on the demise of Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist who was shot and killed whereas protecting an Israeli military raid final yr. One of probably the most recognizable journalists protecting the Israeli-Palestinian battle for 20 years, Abu Akleh was killed in May 2022 throughout an Israeli raid within the West Bank metropolis of Jenin. Her demise triggered outrage throughout the area.

Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for Russia, discovered useless in jail

Robert Hanssen, the previous FBI agent turned spy whom the bureau describes as probably the most damaging in its historical past, was discovered useless in his jail cell on Monday, U.S. authorities mentioned. Hanssen, 79, was sentenced in 2002 to life in jail after pleading responsible to spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for over 20 years.

After harmful encounters, US accuses China of army ‘aggressiveness’

The White House mentioned on Monday latest harmful encounters between U.S. and Chinese forces within the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea replicate a rising aggressiveness by Beijing’s army that raises the chance of an error wherein “somebody gets hurt.” Washington’s sharply worded warning adopted the U.S. Navy’s launch on Sunday of a video of what it referred to as an “unsafe interaction” within the Taiwan Strait wherein a Chinese warship crossed in entrance of a U.S. destroyer within the delicate waterway.

Turkey’s Erdogan appoints spokesperson Kalin as intelligence chief

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appointed his spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin as the pinnacle of the National Intelligence Agency (MIT) on Monday, Erdogan’s communications workplace mentioned. Hakan Fidan, who had been Turkey’s intelligence chief since 2010, was appointed overseas minister on Saturday.

India investigates rail catastrophe as trains crawl via crash website

The official investigation into India’s deadliest rail crash in over 20 years started on Monday after preliminary findings pointed to sign failure because the doubtless trigger for a collision that killed at the very least 275 individuals and injured 1,200. The catastrophe struck on Friday, when a passenger practice hit a stationary freight practice, jumped the tracks and hit one other passenger practice passing in the other way close to the district of Balasore, within the jap state of Odisha.

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