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France opens Taliban talks over Afghan deportations

Paris says the talks are aimed at enabling direct deportations to Afghanistan without recognising the Taliban government

Houthi missile and drone attacks hit Aden and Saudi airports as battles escalate around Bab el-Mandeb

Trump says US officials see no bioweapon link as WHO presses Russia over the unexplained lab death

Separate attacks in Borno and Zamfara reportedly killed soldiers, militants and more than 100 gold miners

Sudan’s army launches operations around Al-Khuwei as fighting intensifies across the Kordofan front

Army-aligned forces reportedly move closer to El Geneina as fighting intensifies across West Darfur

Rubio says Iran missed multiple opportunities for a nuclear agreement with Washington and is facing growing economic pressure

Eritrea denied reports that its troops entered Adigrat as tensions with Ethiopia deepen and fears grow of a wider Horn of Africa war

RSF-led mediators have begun talks in the Nuba Mountains aimed at ending months of deadly fighting around Kauda

Rasha Awad faces death threats after questioning SAF’s state narrative and reliance on allied militias