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Many Displaced Sudanese Feared Dead After Shipwreck Near Libya

Forty-two migrants were presumed dead after a rubber boat capsized off the Libyan coast this month. Many of the presumed victims were fleeing a raging conflict in Sudan.

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Members of the Libyan Coast Guard in the Mediterranean Sea in August.
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Fire at Retirement Home in Bosnia Kills at Least 11

The country’s prime minister called the blaze “a disaster of enormous proportions.” The cause was still to be determined.

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The fire broke out on Tuesday evening and engulfed the top floors of a retirement home in the city of Tuzla, about 75 miles northeast of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo.
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Tanzania Racked by Deadly Protests After Election

The United Nations said at least 10 people had been killed. Opposition leaders claimed the death toll could be in the hundreds, and one official called for the military to step in.

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Protesters gathered in Arusha, Tanzania, on Wednesday.
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U.S. Says It Will Cut Troops in Eastern Europe

About 700 troops are expected to be withdrawn as Trump administration officials shift resources to the Indo-Pacific region.

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U.S. troops participating in a training exercise in Frecatei, Romania, in June.
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Sudan’s Military Withdraws From El Fasher in Darfur, Handing City to R.S.F.

The Sudanese military withdrew from a key city in Darfur, where fleeing civilians were reported to be coming under attack from R.S.F. paramilitary forces.

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A shelter in El Fasher, Sudan, where displaced people protected themselves from shelling this month. The country’s military said Monday that it had withdrawn from the city.
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