ISTANBUL: Here is a rundown of all the news that you need to start your Monday, including a UN statement on number of casualties in Sudan conflict, US presidential nominee Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspending election bid, survivors found aboard crashed Russian plane, and Israel agreeing to transfer Palestinian tax money to third party.
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More than 13,000 people killed in Sudan conflict: UN
More than 13,000 people have been killed and 26,000 others injured in the ongoing conflict in Sudan since last year, the United Nations humanitarian office said.
Sudan has been mired by fighting between the army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the country’s ruling Sovereign Council, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group since April 2023.
‘About 7.6 million people have been displaced inside and outside Sudan since fighting broke out,’ the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement.
Trkiye’s foreign minister arrives in New York
ISTANBUL: Trkiye
‘s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan arrived in New York on Monday to attend the UN Security Council meeting on Palestine.
Fidan “will attend the UN Security Council meeting on the topic of Palestine scheduled to take place in New York on Jan. 23,” Turkish diplomatic sources said.
He will also hold bilateral meetings during the visit.
Israel has killed more than 25,100 people in the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, which Tel Aviv says killed nearly 1,200 people.
The Israeli offensive has left 85% of Gaza’s population internally displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicine, while more than half of the enclave’s infrastructure is damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.
Source: Anadolu Agency