War, words

Posted on   11:13 am

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for Hamas operatives to lay down their arms, saying the Palestinian group’s end was near, as the war in the Gaza Strip raged more than two months after it began.

War, gore

Posted on   8:45 am

Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Sudan’s capital, Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman early Friday, residents said, despite the extension of a fragile truce between the county’s two top generals whose power struggle has killed hundreds.