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KHARTOUM( Reuters)-Thousands of protesters marched towards the presidential palace in Sudan's capital Khartoum ahead of an expected meeting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday, according to a Reuters witness.... Demonstrators carried Sudanese flags as well as pictures of those killed during recent protests against last month's coup, and shouted chants against Burhan, the witness said.... ( Reporting by Khaled Abdelaziz; Writing by Lina N

DOHA( Reuters)-U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley said on Sunday that he is not confident that a nuclear deal between Western powers and Iran is imminent." The sooner we get back into the deal, which is in our interest, and presumably Iran's interest, the more faithfully we implement it, and the more we can build on it to address the other issues between us and Iran and between Iran and the region," Malley said speaking at the Doha Forum international conference.... ( Reporting by Andrew

By Reuters Staff1 Min ReadKHARTOUM( Reuters)-Thousands of protesters marched towards the presidential palace in Sudan’s capital Khartoum ahead of an expected meeting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday, according to a Reuters witness. Demonstrators carried Sudanese flags as well as pictures of those killed during recent protests against last month’s coup, and shouted chants against Burhan, the witness said. Reporting by Khaled Abdelaziz; W

DUBAI( Reuters)-Afghanistan's Kabul Airport is about 90% ready for operations but its re-opening is planned gradually, a Qatari official said, speaking on the tarmac on Thursday. Reopening the airport, a vital lifeline with both the outside world and across Afghanistan's mountainous territory has been a high priority for the Taliban as they seek to restore order after their lightning seizure of Kabul on Aug.... 15. Kabul airport had been closed since the end of the massive U.S.-led airlift of i

DUBAI( Reuters)-Bahrain security forces arrested a number of suspected militants ahead of a planned attack and confiscated weapons and explosives that had come from Iran, the interior ministry said on its official Twitter on Monday. The ministry did not say how many people were arrested or specify their nationalities.... It described them as" linked with terrorist groups in Iran" and said they were" plotting terrorist operations against security and civil peace". Bahrain, host to the U.S. Navy'

Companies Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE Follow Intesa Sanpaolo SpA Follow Banque du Caire SAE Follow Show more companies CAIRO, Oct 11( Reuters)-Moody's downgraded five Egyptian banks, including the largest private bank, after it downgraded the country's sovereign rating over its worsening debt affordability. The agency set state banks National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr and Banque Du Caire, as well as privately owned Commercial International Bank( COMI.CA), to CAA1 from B3, Moody's sa