More than 100 killed in two weeks of fighting in Sudan’s el-Fasher: MSF
Charity says more than 900 wounded in the capital of North Darfur province in fighting between Sudan’s army and the RSF. More than 100 people have been killed in just over two weeks in a major city in Sudan’s Darfur region, an aid group has said, as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied armed groups are locked in fierce fighting against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). At least 134 people have been killed and more than 900 wounded since May 10 in el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, Doctors without Borders, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), said on Sunday. One of the victims, a staff watchman at MSF’s pharmacy in el-Fasher, died of his wounds in a hospital after shelling hit his house on Saturday. “The numbers of people killed and wounded are increasing each day as intense fighting continues,” the group said in a statement. “We urge warring parties to do more to protect civilians”. El-Fasher has witnessed renewed fierce fighting as the RSF is pressing deeper seeking to take control. The city is the last remaining capital in the Darfur region not to have fallen to the paramilitary group. It is also hosting the region’s last garrison of the SAF. Earlier this month, the RSF besieged the city and launched a major attack on its southern and eastern parts. To repel the paramilitary group’s advance towards el-Fasher, two ex-Darfur rebel leaders, Minni Minnawi and Jibril Ibrahim, broke months of neutrality by siding with the SAF last November. The RSF emerged out of what rebel groups call the “Janjaweed”, an Arab force that killed thousands of non-Arabs in Darfur during the war in the region, which began in 2003 and ended with a peace deal in 2020. “The world is watching silently what is going on in Fasher .. as if it was a scene from a fictional action movie scene,” Minnawi said in a Facebook message on Sunday. “The operation is being carried out by the hands of the same characters that carried out ethnic cleansing and genocide in 2003,” he said. Sudan has been engulfed in a brutal conflict since April last year when a simmering rivalry between the SAF’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the RSF’s chief Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” broke into an open war. While much of the early fighting took place around the capital Khartoum, it quickly spread to other parts of the country, including the southwestern state of Darfur. There, it quickly took an inter-ethnic dimension as old rivalries linked to the previous war that began in 2003 resurfaced. More than a year of war has killed 14,000 people, according to United Nations estimates. The conflict has forced about nine million people to flee their homes and pushed pockets of the population to starve. Nearly five million people are on the verge of famine, according to the World Food Programme. Observers have long warned that the fall of el-Fasher would further deteriorate an already dire humanitarian situation in Darfur. “Sudan is the biggest famine [in the world] and the epicentre of that famine is the Darfur region, which is being ravaged by the Rapid Support Forces as they’ve rampaged across it,” Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation, told Al Jazeera. “[They’re] attacking it [el-Fasher], starving it and threatening yet another disaster in this terrible war,” he said. Adblock test (Why?)
Lithuania’s Gitanas Nauseda declares victory in presidential election
Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte conceded defeat in the final round of the Baltic nation’s presidential election. Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda has declared victory in the final round of the Baltic nation’s presidential election, as partial results showed him far ahead in the two-way race against Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte. Ballots from nearly 90 percent of polling stations on Sunday showed Nauseda, 60, winning roughly three-quarters of the vote, followed by Simonyte, 49, from the ruling centre-right Homeland Union party. Simonyte conceded defeat in comments to reporters and congratulated Nauseda. This is the second time Nauseda and Simonyte have competed in a presidential run-off election. In 2019, Nauseda beat Simonyte with 66 percent of the vote. As president, Nauseda has a semi-executive role, which includes heading the armed forces, chairing the defence and national security policy body and representing the country at NATO and European Union summits. The former senior economist with the Swedish banking group SEB, who is not affiliated with any party, won the first round of the election on May 12 with 44 percent of the votes, short of the 50 percent he needed for an outright victory. Simonyte was the only woman out of eight candidates in the first round and came second with 20 percent. Both Nauseda and Simonyte support increasing defence spending to at least 3 percent of Lithuania’s gross domestic product, from the 2.75 percent planned for this year, in the wake of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Like other Baltic nations, Lithuania worries it could be Moscow’s next target. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said he has no intention of attacking any NATO countries. The uneasy relationship between Nauseda and Simonyte has also caught the limelight in foreign policy debates, most notably on Lithuania’s relations with China. Bilateral ties turned tense in 2021, when Vilnius allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy under the island’s name, a departure from the common diplomatic practice of using the name of the capital, Taipei, to avoid angering Beijing. China, which considers self-ruled Taiwan a part of its territory, downgraded diplomatic relations with Vilnius and blocked its exports, leading some Lithuanian politicians to urge a restoration of relations for the sake of the economy. Adblock test (Why?)
CBP nabs more Chinese illegal immigrants at California border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Saturday nabbed 118 Chinese nationals after they illegally crossed into the San Diego sector Saturday. CBP sources tell Fox News that the San Diego sector in Southern California has encountered more than 30,000 Chinese illegal immigrants at the border since October 1. The number of Chinese nationals encountered at the border since Oct. 1 is a 8,600% increase over all fiscal year 2021, when only 342 Chinese nationals were nabbed across the entire southern border. Since Oct. 1, CBP in the San Diego sector alone has encountered 8,900 illegal immigrants from India, 7,800 from Turkey, 2,900 from Uzbekistan, 4,400 from Mauritania, 3,000 from Vietnam, and 5,600 from Guinea. EL SALVADORAN SEX OFFENDER LIVING ILLEGALLY IN US ARRESTED IN VIRGINIA Some migrants previously told Fox News that they are seeking a better life in the United States. “My English is not very good, and I don’t know anyone in the United States,” one migrant said in March. “Once I get to the United States, I know I have to start all over again. But I want to live a good life in the future, and I want my children to be educated well. I strive to take root in the United States as soon as possible.” But some lawmakers have raised concerns about potential espionage by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the movement of fentanyl into the U.S. – which is often created in Mexico using Chinese precursors and then smuggled across the land border.
Presidential candidate Jill Stein slams DNC for posting, deleting ‘Third Party Project Manager’ job
Longshot Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein blasted the Democratic National Committee for posting, and then deleting, a job for monitoring third party candidates. “Wow. @TheDemocrats posted – then deleted – a job for a “Third Party Project Manager” to infiltrate their competition and find ways to take us off the ballot,” Stein wrote on Twitter. Friday. “Is this how they’re ‘saving democracy’?” Fox News Digital attempted to click on the job posting on LinkedIn but it was no longer active as of Sunday. A screenshot for the “Independent & Third Party Project Manager” job posting shared by Stein lists the responsibilities as “gathering on-the-ground intel to inform our overall landscape assessment of independent and third party candidates.” INSIDERS PREDICT THIS ‘POWERHOUSE’ REPUBLICAN WOULD BRING MAJOR BOOST AS TRUMP VP PICK This “on-the-ground” gathering includes informing the DNC on “ballot access progress” and “campaign activity, organizational strength, and voter/grassroots enthusiasm” as well as “identifying and activating in-state leaders and supporters for four current and future program priorities. Prospective managers will have to follow campaign events of third party candidates like Stein, as well as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Cornel West and “report back on campaign activity.” Fox News Digital has reached out to the DNC for comment on the job posting as well as Stein’s tweet. A physician and climate change advocate, Stein announced her bid to seek the Green Party’s nomination for the 2024 presidential election last November. Announcing the post on X, Stein decried the broken political party system, which she described as “the two parties of war and Wall Street [that] are bought and paid for.” Stein’s 2016 presidential bid was criticized by some Democrats who argued she siphoned valuable votes away from Hillary Clinton. Stein received 1.07% of the popular vote in 2016 and 0.36% of the popular vote in 2012.
Cyclone Remal: Landfall process begins over coastal Bengal
As per the IMD, gale wind speed reaching 90-100 kmph and gusting to 110 kmph is prevailing along and off Bangladesh, West Bengal & adjoining North Odisha coasts and likely to become 110-120 kmph gusting to 135 kmph during next 2 hours.
At least 5 dead in North Texas after severe storms
The storms spawned a tornado that overturned heavy recreational vehicles and shut down an interstate near Dallas.
NATO boss takes apparent swipe at Biden, argues to end restrictions on US weapons for Russian targets
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg argued that Ukraine should be able to use American weapons to strike inside Russian territory, in an apparent break with the Biden administration. “I think the time has come for allies to consider whether they should lift some of the restrictions they put on the use of weapons they have donated to Ukraine because, especially now when a lot of the fighting is going on in Kharkiv, close to the border,” Stoltenberg said in an interview with the Economist over the weekend. “To deny Ukraine the possibility of using these weapons against legitimate military targets on Russian territory makes it very hard for them to defend themselves.” While the NATO boss did not mention the U.S. or the Biden administration by name, the comments come as the U.S. has continued to ban Ukraine from using American weapons to target Russian territory. KYIV’S FORCES ARE UP AGAINST A CONCERTED RUSSIAN PUSH IN EASTERN UKRAINE, A MILITARY OFFICIAL SAYS Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the U.S. to lift the restrictions, calls that have begun to gain favor among some lawmakers on the Hill. Last week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Michael Turner, R-Ohio, penned a letter to the Defense Department asking that the restrictions on U.S. weapons use be lifted. “Ukrainians have been unable to defend themselves due to the administration’s current policy,” the letter read. According to an Institute for the Study of War report, Russia has continued to amass equipment and men at the Ukrainian border for its planned Kharkiv offensive. The bulk of that equipment has remained in reserve on the Russian side of the border, the report noted, far enough away to be out of the reach of much of Ukraine’s arsenal. SITUATION IN UKRAINE IS ‘DIRE’ AS AMMUNITION SUPPLIES DROP ON US, EUROPE ‘STARVATION DIET’ That could change if Ukraine was able to use HIMARS rocket and ATACMS missile weapons systems provided to the country by the U.S., which the report notes would likely be able to reach the Russian targets. The recent calls to change that policy have also gained the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who said in an interview with Voice of America last week that the U.S. should not “micromanage” Ukraine’s war effort. “I think we need to allow Ukraine to prosecute the war the way they see fit,” Johnson said. “They need to be able to fight back.” The White House did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.
Senator blasts federal parks officials for barring American flags in beloved national park
Officials at Alaska’s famed Denali National Park are in hot water after allegedly telling construction crews at the park not to fly the American flag. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, penned a letter to National Park Service Director Charles Sams demanding an explanation for the actions of officials at Denali National Park, pointing out that the demand for the construction crew to remove the flag was made on the “eve of Memorial Day weekend.” News of the alleged incident appears to have originated in a report by the Alaska Watchman, a local conservative publication that cited an anonymous construction worker at the park. Fox News Digital has been unable to independently verify the details of the report. ALITO SAYS WIFE DISPLAYED UPSIDE-DOWN FLAG AFTER ARGUMENT WITH INSULTING NEIGHBOR In his letter, Sullivan explained that one of the construction vehicles involved in the project had a 3 x 5 foot American flag affixed to it, but for “reasons that remain unclear, someone at the National Park Service (NPS) caused the construction crew to remove the American flag.” “This is an outrage – particularly in the lead-up to our most solemn national holiday, Memorial Day, a time when Americans come together to honor those that gave their lives in service to our nation, while wearing our country’s flag,” Sullivan wrote. “The American flag, especially on Memorial Day weekend, should be celebrated, not censored by federal government employees.” The Alaska senator noted that he could find no regulations that would prohibit the flying of American flags on public land, arguing that such a regulation would be odd given that the purpose of national parks is for “the enjoyment of American citizens.” ANTISEMITIC RIOT AT COLUMBIA REACHES BOILING POINT AS AGITATORS TAKE OVER ACADEMIC BUILDING, BARRICADE DOORS Sullivan concluded by demanding that Sams investigate the incident and take steps to “ensure an incident like this does not happen again in American national parks.” The incident also sparked an apparent protest from Alaska residents, who have organized a “patriotic convoy with flags” from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Denali National Park on Sunday. The protest, which was organized on Facebook, had 23 confirmed participants and over 100 interested as of Sunday morning. The National Park Service and Denali National Park did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.
WATCH: Businessman reveals plan to flip California House seat as these top 2 issues take center stage
A businessman who says sitting on the sidelines isn’t his style is aiming to flip one of California’s battleground House districts away from Democrats as crime and immigration take center stage across the Golden State. Republican Matt Gunderson, who built multiple auto dealerships from the ground up and serves as chairman of a local hospital foundation board, says his plan to turn California’s 49th District red starts with his involvement in his Southern California community. “The reality is there’s something in my DNA that believes public service is valuable, and more people should participate, and too few people do,” Gunderson told Fox News Digital in an interview. “You can’t sit here on the sidelines and look at what’s happening in California and not decide, you know what, things have to change.” TRUMP VOWS TO ‘SAVE’ DEEP-BLUE NEW YORK CITY IN MASSIVE, HISTORIC BRONX RALLY “The California that I moved to 25 years ago is so different than the California my four daughters are growing up in,” he said. “You just can’t sit by and watch it all happen without trying to jump in and help push us in the right direction.” Gunderson sold his businesses in 2021, and became increasingly involved in his community while also supporting Republican candidates in what has traditionally been a competitive battleground pocket within a deep-blue state. He first ran for political office in 2022, narrowly losing a state Senate race, before ultimately deciding to take his desire to fix the problems plaguing California to the next level of government. Crime is one of those problems, and Gunderson says the way to fix it is “pretty simple.” “When you don’t punish crime, it just emboldens it and empowers the criminal,” he told Fox. “Zero bail is a huge problem when there’s this constant back in and out, and recidivism among the same people doing it. We’ve got to put a stop to it.” BIDEN’S ABORTION SCRIPT FLIPPED BY BUSINESSWOMAN’S BOOST TO PRO-LIFE GROUPS Gunderson said that ever since the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, police have been “demoralized,” “immobilized,” and just not allowed to do their job. “We have these ridiculous levels of theft that are allowed. When there are no repercussions and no punishment, what’s the incentive for these criminals to stop doing what they’re doing? And I think people have finally become completely at wit’s end on it,” he said, before expressing his support for rolling back Prop 47, a state ballot measure passed in 2014 that softened penalties for certain crimes. Another issue Gunderson said needed to be addressed was the ongoing crisis at the southern border, something he blamed squarely on President Biden and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. “Biden, with his executive orders on the first day of his presidency, opened the floodgates at the border. And it’s become a major issue in California because we’re now the epicenter for the illegal crossings,” he said, praising Texas and Arizona for taking action at the state level to address the problem. “Sacramento, under the leadership of Gavin Newsom, and our country under the leadership of Joe Biden, do nothing to tighten the border of California,” he said. TOP KENNEDY STAFFER STEPS DOWN FROM ROLE CITING ‘HATEFUL AND DIVISIVE ATMOSPHERE’ Calling it a public health, human rights and economic crisis for Southern California, Gunderson warned of deadly fentanyl continuing to flow over the border, and of illegal migrants overrunning medical and educational resources intended for tax-paying Americans. “I came to California 25 years ago, and I didn’t come here to buy a business, I came here to build a business. And I built three of them, and I created hundreds of jobs. And so, I know on a personal level what California politics and Sacramento one-party rule does to strangle entrepreneurs and small businesses,” Gunderson said when asked why he was the best choice for voters in the district. He argued that excessive taxation and regulation were driving economic conditions and prices to a point where people were being forced to leave the state, permanently damaging communities. “I came up through the school of hard knocks, and the building of business and working alongside your fellow community members to build better communities and stronger communities. And I think that gives me a completely different perspective than an environmental lawyer who is immersed in bureaucracy and thinks government is the answer to every problem,” he said, referencing his opponent, incumbent Democrat Rep. Mike Levin. “I don’t think government is always a solution. There’s a proper role for government. But man alive, the closer to home decisions are made, the better off we are,” he added. Fox News Digital has reached out to Levin’s campaign for comment. Although elections analysts rate the race for California’s 49th Congressional District as “likely Democratic,” it is expected to be among the most competitive in the state this year. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Delhi children’s hospital fire: Owner arrested after seven newborns killed in incident
The man had been on the run since the fire outbreak late on Saturday night.