At least 25 people were killed and 183 others injured in ongoing clashes across Sudan. Armed clashes were reported throughout Khartoum, including the presidential palace and the capital’s army headquarters. According to Medical sources at a hospital in central Khartoum, the hospital has received dozens of wounded civilians and military personnel in the last several hours. Sudan’s military said the Rapid Support Forces infiltrated Khartoum airport and burned civilian aircraft.
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Fourteen people killed in Kazakhstan forest fires
Fourteen people have died in major forest fires in northeastern Kazakhstan, the Central Asian country’s highest such toll in years. The emergency situations ministry said on Saturday that 316 people had been evacuated but the situation was under control and homes safe, despite the high temperature and the changing direction of the wind hindering the response. In total, 14 bodies have been found.
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Russian Artillery Pounds Donbas
Russian forces pummeled the front line in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions with artillery and air strikes. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Ukrainians that the front line was holding despite Moscow’s incessant pressure. The General Staff of the Ukrainian military said in its daily report that Heavy fighting continued unabated around the disputed cities of Bakhmut, Lyman, and Avdiyivka in Donetsk
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Tajikistan: Regime Talibanization of schools, education, and hospitals
The government of Tajikistan’s campaign against the operations of a charitable organization funded by the Agha Khan, the spiritual leader of the country’s Ismaili minority, has intensified over the past few weeks. In the most recent development, the authorities have revoked the license of the Aga Khan Lycée in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO.
