#BREAKING Tear gas fired at Sudan anti-coup protesters: witnesses
#UPDATE Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at thousands of protesters heading toward the presidential palace on Thursday to demonstrate against a military coup more than two months ago, witnesses said
#BREAKING Sudan says senior police officer killed during protests
#UPDATE A senior Sudanese police officer was killed Thursday during protests in the Sudanese capital, an official statement said, as security forces fired tear gas at thousands who kept up rallies against an October military coup u.afp.com/wG3V
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#BREAKING Djokovic again detained in Australia: lawyers
#BREAKING Australia says Djokovic presence 'may foster anti-vaccination sentiment'
#UPDATE Novak Djokovic is again detained in Australia, after authorities rip up his visa for a second time and declare the unvaccinated tennis superstar a threat to the public u.afp.com/wGMF
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was rocked Friday by new claims his staff held lockdown-breaching parties in Downing Street on the eve of the funeral for Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's late husband u.afp.com/wGpR
#BREAKING Downing Street apologises to Queen over lockdown parties
#UPDATE UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office has apologised to Queen Elizabeth II after it was revealed that Downing Street staff held lockdown-breaching parties on the eve of her husband's funeral
#BREAKING Australia cancels Djokovic visa for second time: immigration minister
#BREAKING Djokovic faces likely three-year ban on new Australian visa: minister
#UPDATE Australian government cancels Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time as it seeks to deport the tennis superstar over his Covid-19 vaccine status.
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said in a statement that he acted on "health and good order grounds"
#BREAKING Ukraine reports massive cyber attack on government websites
#UPDATE Kyiv reports a massive cyber attack on government websites as tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine escalate following several rounds of unsuccessful talks.
The ministry of education said on Facebook that its website was down due to a "global (cyber) attack"
#BREAKING 'No personal data leaked' in Ukraine cyber attack: security service
#BREAKING Abiy has 'special responsibility' to end Tigray conflict: Nobel panel
#UPDATE The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize, said Thursday that Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the honour in 2019, had a special responsibility to end the bloodshed in Tigray
#UPDATE Northern Ethiopia has been beset by conflict since November 2020 when Ahmed sent troops into Tigray after accusing the region's ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), of attacks on federal army camps u.afp.com/wGoi
#BREAKING Germany sentences former Syrian colonel to life for crimes against humanity
#UPDATE A German court has sentenced a former Syrian colonel to life in jail for crimes against humanity in the first global trial over state-sponsored torture in Syria
#UPDATE Anwar Raslan was found guilty of overseeing the murder of 27 people at the Al-Khatib detention centre in Damascus, in 2011 and 2012.
He sought refuge in Germany after deserting the Syrian regime in 2012.