Zeinab Mohammed Salih reflects on what has happened to Sudan since fighting broke out a year ago.

Zeinab Mohammed Salih reflects on what has happened to Sudan since fighting broke out a year ago.

CAIRO — On a clear night a year ago, a dozen heavily armed fighters broke into Omaima Farouq's house in an upscale neighborhood in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. At gunpoint, they whipped and slapped the woman, and terrorized her children. Then they expelled them from the fenced two-story house. "Since then, our life has been ruined," said the 45-year-old schoolteacher. "Everything has changed in this year." Farouq, who is a widow, and her four children now live in a small village… Read Full Article

United Nations — Israel demanded Sunday that the U.N. Security Council act to punish and deter Iran following an unprecedented Iranian military strike on Israel that Tehran said was in retaliation for a suspected Israeli strike on its embassy in Syria earlier this month. “Today, the council must take action,” Israel’s U.N. envoy, Gilad Erdan, told the Security Council. “Condemn Iran for their terror; trigger the snap back mechanism and reimpose crippling sanctions; designate the Iranian… Read Full Article

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WASHINGTON — Top officials in Washington are attempting to avoid a widening war in the Middle East after Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel with explosive drones and missiles.  “There need to be some consequences here,” said a senior U.S. official briefing reporters Sunday afternoon on the condition of not being named.  But U.S. President Joe Biden, in his latest conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “made very clear to the prime minister last night that… Read Full Article

Officials said Joe Biden urged Israel to "think carefully" before launching a response to the attack.

Officials said Joe Biden urged Israel to "think carefully" before launching a response to the attack.

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Augusta, Georgia — American Scottie Scheffler won his second Masters title with an ice-cool four stroke victory at Augusta National on Sunday. Scheffler, the world number one and 2022 Masters winner, shot a final round four-under par 68 to end on 11-under for the tournament with Masters first-timer Ludvig Aberg of Sweden finishing as the runner-up. It was a classic display of calmness and precision from Scheffler, who kept his focus after making bogies on the fourth and seventh holes to run… Read Full Article