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Missile explosions struck across Ukraine Saturday, wounding at least nine people, as Kyiv and Moscow prepared for new talks next week with the United States.
Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. are to meet on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, for talks aimed at ending the war. The new round of negotiations would be the fourth brokered by the Trump administration, the most recent having been in Geneva in February.
Fresh fighting was reported on Thursday across several locations in North and South Kivu provinces, raising fresh concerns about efforts to secure a ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Clashes between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), allied Wazalendo militia fighters and the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN) rebel movement were reported in Kilongo and Mahanga villages in Nyamaboko I Groupement, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, where FARDC troops and their Wazalendo allies reportedly launched an offensive to dislodge FRN fighters from their positions.
The Sudanese army regained control of two areas in North Kordofan state on Thursday following clashes with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), military sources told Anadolu.
The sources said the army and allied forces recaptured Kazgeil and Abu Qaoud after fierce fighting with the RSF.
Yemeni government forces have announced that they have taken control of the Al-Dahida heights and surrounding areas in the eastern part of Al-Jawf governorate as part of the “Dawn of Yemen” military operation.
Military sources told Al Jazeera that the operation was supported by extensive air strikes, with warplanes targeting Houthi positions and supply routes.
Ethiopia’s rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) claimed Monday that its fighters killed 500 soldiers and wounded 800 others during clashes with federal government forces and allied militias in the country’s northern Tigray region.
The rebel group said the casualties occurred during fighting Saturday near the historic city of Aksum, where its forces launched a counteroffensive against Ethiopian troops and fighters from the allied Tigray Peace Forces (TPF).
Venezuela’s army attacked Colombian rebels camped on its side of the border, leaving several people dead, an NGO said on Saturday.
Friday’s attack marked the first time that Venezuela, ruled by socialists for decades until Nicolas Maduro was ousted by US forces in January, has attacked National Liberation Army (ELN) forces camped inside Venezuela, said Javier Tarazona, director of an NGO called Fundaredes.
Multiple drone strikes have hit northern regions of Ethiopia since Thursday, killing at least 25 civilians, including children, witnesses and a medical source told AFP on Friday.
The Ethiopian government has been fighting rebels in the states of Amhara and Tigray over the past month, and has used its large supply of drones to win a decisive advantage.