Anadolu Agency’s Morning Briefing – April 17, 2023

General

Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

The death toll in Sudan from ongoing clashes between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has reached 83, while the number of injured totals 1,126, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended relief operations in Sudan following the killing of three employees amid clashes between the Sudanese army and the RSF.

Sudan’s military rivals agreed to a UN proposal to open hours-long safe passages for humanitarian cases.

The Arab League called for an immediate halt to the violence in Sudan and offered to mediate between the country’s military rivals.

The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, has called for an immediate cessation of violence in Sudan.

Moscow said fighters of the Russian Wagner private military company took control of two urban quarters in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

The West does not provide Kyiv with all the supplies it needs because the former has ‘long lived by the dogma of not provoking Russia,’ Ukraine’s defense minister said.

More than 6,000 British military personnel will take part in the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, next month, according to the country’s Defense Ministry.

Germany shut down its last atomic reactors this weekend, marking the end of the country’s nuclear era after more than 60 years.

Four Turkish soldiers were injured in an attack carried out by PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said.

Fenerbahce Alagoz Holding beat another Turkish team, CBK Mersin Yenisehir Bld, 99-60 in the 2023 FIBA EuroLeague Women final on Sunday to become Europe’s best women’s basketball team.

At least four people were killed and several others injured in a shooting in the US state of Alabama, local media reported.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels announced a new prisoner swap agreement with the Yemeni government.

At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in a bus accident in Kenya, police said.

Source: Anadolu Agency