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Sudan: The African Development Bank and UNICEF launch a $58 million response to Port Sudan’s water crisis
The African Development Bank Group (Bank Group), in partnership with UNICEF, is scaling up efforts to restore safe water and sanitation services for hundreds of thousands of children and families in Port Sudan, with a $54.8 million investment to address the city’s deepening water crisis. Access to safe water remains one of the most urgent…
Israel, Hezbollah Agree Ceasefire As US-Iran Deal Under Strain
Tehran’s top negotiator warned it would not bend on its red lines and that its finger was still “on the trigger”, even as shipping appeared to pick up in the Strait of Hormuz, which had essentially been closed during the war. Updated June 19, 2026 A Lebanese soldier sits on top of a military vehicle…
US push to get Iran talks started hits an early bump. Vance stays at home, for now
The American push to quickly begin high-stakes talks with Iran hit a snag Friday, just days after the signing of an agreement that opens a two-month window for negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program and returning oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to prewar levels. Iranian officials did not travel as planned to Switzerland, insisting that Israeli strikes on Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon must…
Israel and Hezbollah agree to halt fighting, officials say, as US-Iran talks hang in the balance
Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed Friday to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim agreement between the United States and Iran to end their war, officials said. Neither Israel nor Hezbollah immediately confirmed the truce. It came after a heavy exchange of fire killed 47 people in…
Israel “firmly committed” to ceasefire in Lebanon, Israeli ambassador to US says
and Hezbollah to renew the cessation of hostilities. Earlier in the day, Hezbollah said in a statement to Qatar-based Al-Araby TV that they “will abide by the ceasefire if Israel abides by it.” Leiter is set to take part in next week’s talks between Israel and Lebanon in the newest round of diplomatic meetings between…
US-Iran Deal Under Immediate Strain As Fighting Flares In Lebanon
The deal signed this week by President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian aims to end a war that began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Updated June 19, 2026 People make their way through the heavily damaged historic market of Nabatieh as residents displaced by…
Bank Of England Follows Fed In Holding Interest Rate
The widely expected BoE decision came after the Federal Reserve on Wednesday signalled a US rate increase this year even as it kept borrowing costs steady. By Aramide Folorunsho Updated June 18, 2026 A view of the Bank of England in London, United Kingdom. The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate at 3.75 per…
Man arrested after boy injured in zoo crocodile enclosure
The zoo houses crocodiles at its site near Huntingdon A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy was left with critical injuries after ending up in a zoo’s crocodile enclosure. Cambridgeshire Police said it was called to Johnson’s of Old Hurst, near Huntingdon, at 13:24 BST. The boy was…
Iran Leader Says He Approved Deal With US Despite Reservations
The signing of the deal by Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian set in motion 60 days for talks on wider issues between the two foes, including the Iranian nuclear programme. Updated June 18, 2026 Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Thursday that he had approved despite reservations a deal signed by President…
Ukrainian drones set a Moscow refinery ablaze in a major attack on the Russian capital By BARRY HATTONUpdated 5:53 PM GMT+1, June 18, 2026 Leer en español Ukraine struck a major Moscow oil refinery Thursday for a second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting hundreds of flights…
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