Ukraine Pope Francis revealed a "not yet public" Vatican "mission" to bring peace to Ukraine. It's not clear what role the Vatican would take on: the Pope's prior comments on the war have been fairly …

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Sudan The U.S.- and Saudi-brokered 72-hour ceasefire in Sudan is mostly holding, despite some violations, and many civilians and foreigners are using the opportunity to flee.That said, the Rapid Supp …

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Sahel Burkina Faso's prosecutor said men wearing national military uniforms killed at least 60 people in the north last week.While the prosecutor didn't explicitly accuse the military of carrying out …

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Sudan Foreign diplomats and citizens continued to flee Sudan by road, sea, and (for a lucky few diplomats) air.The NYT reports that some Sudanese are blaming Western negotiators for the collapse of t …

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Sudan Global leaders are calling on Sudan's army chief, Gen. al-Burhan, to agree to a three-day ceasefire in honor of Eid, which starts at sundown tonight (at least for most Sunnis), and to allow eva …

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Sudan Sudan's rival warring generals made another attempt at a 24-hour ceasefire, and this one seems to have held better than the first.The generals have not indicated they're willing to start peace …

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