CAIRO/RIYADH, May 21 (Xinhua) — Regional organizations and countries on Sunday welcomed the week-long ceasefire agreement reached between Sudanese warring parties late Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Arab League (AL) said in a statement on Sunday that it welcomed the Agreement on a Short-Term Cease-fire and Humanitarian Arrangements, which will facilitate the delivery of emergency humanitarian aid and the restoration of basic services in Sudan.  AL Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit stressed the necessity for the two warring parties to fully implement…

KHARTOUM, May 21 (Xinhua) — The Sudanese Army announced on Sunday its commitment to the Agreement on a Short-Term Cease-fire and Humanitarian Arrangements it signed with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah late Saturday. “The armed forces announce their commitment to the agreement and hope the RSF will abide by what it says,” the Sudanese army spokesman said in a statement. “The duration of the short-term cease-fire is seven days and will enter…

RAMALLAH/GAZA, May 18 (Xinhua) — The Flag March held by Israeli nationalists in Jerusalem on Thursday sparked outrage and condemnation from the Palestinian public and officials. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the Palestinian presidency’s spokesman, told reporters in Ramallah in the West Bank that “Jerusalem is and will be the eternal capital of the independent state of Palestine.” On Thursday afternoon, tens of thousands of Israelis participated in the march to commemorate the “Unification of Jerusalem” amid tight Israeli security measures. Participants…

KHARTOUM, May 5 (Xinhua) — The Sudanese Army said on Friday that it has sent negotiators to the Saudi port city of Jeddah to discuss the humanitarian truce as part of a Saudi-American initiative to end the conflict in the African country. “As part of the Saudi-American initiative, a delegation of the Sudanese Armed Forces left for Jeddah to discuss the details relating to the truce,” the Sudanese army said in a statement. “This tends to secure and prepare the…

ISLAMABAD, May 6 (Xinhua) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s recent layout of the U.S. “geo-economics” strategy has historical roots, which advocates that the United States should achieve its geo-political dominance through military as well as economic means, a Pakistani economist told Xinhua in a recent interview. When the United States had become a global hegemon decades ago, “it is argued that America should pursue its geo-political ends not just militarily but by primarily employing international economic relations, not in…

THE Independent Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Libya wound up its operations in the North African country, but perpetrators of serious crimes are not off the hook. Instead, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) aims to intensify its efforts as the human rights situation continues to deteriorate amid widespread violence by armed actors, ongoing political deadlock, and deepening curbs on civic space. Volker Türk, UN Human Rights Commissioner, gave the assurance as the FFM, established by the Human…