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More than 2,100 people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island were evacuated Friday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami. Indonesia’s Center for…
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The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Wednesday evacuated staff from the country’s embassy in Cairo amid mass demonstrations in the city against the Israeli bombardment and siege of Gaza, the Petra News Agency reported. Citing reports in…
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Israel’s military directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people, within 24 hours Friday, a UN spokesman said, as Israel presses its war to eradicate the Hamas militant group after its deadly attack.…
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France on Monday was due to receive five Afghan women “threatened by the Taliban” after repeated requests it create a humanitarian corridor for women shut out of public life, an official said. Since returning to power in August 2021,…
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Saudi Arabia has evacuated dozens of Russian citizens from Sudan by warships, it was announced on Sunday. This is according to Ruslan Usmanov, press attache of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Jeddah, in an interview…
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More than 200 exhausted Iraqis evacuated from Sudan flew back to Baghdad on Thursday, with one saying he hadn’t seen the sun in 10 days because of the fighting. Among the 234 people who were flown to Baghdad International Airport from…
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Foreign Secretary James Cleverly urged Britons and their relatives in Sudan to use evacuation flights Thursday while they are still available, as the end of a temporary cease-fire looms. London has evacuated 536 people on six flights since…
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China has deployed its navy to rescue citizens from conflict-hit Sudan, the defense ministry in Beijing said on Thursday. Multiple nations have scrambled to evacuate embassy staff and citizens by road, air and sea from Sudan, where…
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Egypt evacuated 446 nationals and 189 others, including a Sudanese citizen in critical condition, from Sudan by road on Tuesday. Ahmed Abu Zeid, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, said the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum, consulates…
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France thanked Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after French Navy frigate Lorraine evacuated UN staff from Sudan to the Kingdom. French Ambassador to the Kingdom Ludovic Pouille hailed the operation as “a stunning success, highlighting the…
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