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People hang onto a truck as it drives through floodwaters in Narathiwat, Thailand on Monday.

People hang onto a truck as it drives through floodwaters in Narathiwat, Thailand on Monday.
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‘Up to 100’ killed in RSF attack on Sudan village

Al Jazeera : An attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village in central Sudan has killed “up to 100” people, according to local pro-democracy activists. The Wad Madani Resistance Committees reported on social media late on Wednesday that the RSF, which has been at war with the regular army for more than a year, attacked the village of Wad al-Noura in Gezira state “in two waves”, deploying heavy artillery. The committees shared photos of dozens of...