After a 6.3% earthquake, a video shows the damage done to Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif shrine, also known as The Blue Mosque. At least seven people have died and 150 have been injured, according to local officials.
Published On 3 Nov 2025
A senior Sudanese diplomat has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing war crimes in the country’s North Darfur state, as survivors who escaped the city of el-Fasher recounted mass killings and sexual assault by the paramilitary troops.
Sudan’s ambassador to Egypt, Imadeldin Mustafa Adawi, made the allegations on Sunday as he accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of helping the RSF paramilitary group in the ongoing civil war.
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The Gulf state denies the claim.
Adawi’s remarks followed an earlier statement by Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris, who told the Swiss newspaper Blick that the RSF should be tried in the international courts.
But Kamil rejected the “illegal” idea of foreign troops being deployed to his country, which has been ravaged by a civil war between the RSF and the Sudanese army since April 2023.
The calls for action come a week after the RSF seized the capital of North Darfur, el-Fasher, after an 18-month siege and starvation campaign, resulting in thousands of reported civilian deaths. The city was the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the region.
In the days since its capture, survivors have reported mass executions, pillaging, rape and other atrocities, sparking an international outcry.
The Sudanese government said that at least 2,000 people were killed, but witnesses said the real number could be much higher.
Tens of thousands of civilians are still believed to be trapped in the city.
“The government of Sudan is calling on the international community to act immediately and effectively rather than just make statements of condemnation,” Adawi told reporters during a news conference in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
The envoy urged the world to designate the RSF as a “terrorist” organisation, as well as condemn RSF “for committing massacres amounting to genocide” and denounce “its official regional financier and supporter, the United Arab Emirates”.
He also said that Sudan would not take part in talks led by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United States and the UAE to end the conflict if the latter remains part of the negotiations.
“We do not consider them [the UAE] as a mediator and someone reliable on the issue,” Adawi stressed.
The UAE, however, denies allegations that it is supplying the RSF with weapons.
At a forum in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, an Emirati presidential adviser said that the Gulf state wants to help end the war, and acknowledged that regional and international powers could have done more to prevent the conflict in Sudan.
“We all made the mistake, when the two generals who are fighting the civil war today overthrow the civilian government. That was, in my opinion, looking back, a critical mistake,” Anwar Gargash said.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the US, as mediators, have all condemned the mass killings and called for increased humanitarian assistance.
As the world’s worst humanitarian crisis further spirals into chaos, residents who managed to escape el-Fasher recalled their harrowing experience.
Adam Yahya, who fled with four of his children, told Al Jazeera that his wife was killed in an RSF drone strike shortly before el-Fasher fell. He said that he and his children barely had time to mourn before they found themselves on the run from the paramilitary group.
“The streets were full of dead people. We made it to one of the sand barriers set up by the RSF. They were shooting at people, men, women and children, with machineguns. I heard one saying, ‘Kill them all, leave no one alive’,” Yahya recounted.
“We ran back and hid. At night, I slowly crept out with my children and crossed the barrier. We walked to a village, where someone took pity on us and gave us a ride to the camp here.”
Another 45-year-old woman in the displacement camp of Al Dabbah in Sudan’s Northern State told Al Jazeera that RSF fighters sexually assaulted her.
The woman, who only gave her first name, Rasha, said she left her daughters at home when the RSF seized the army headquarters on Sunday and went to look for her sons.
“The RSF asked me where I was going, and I told them I’m looking for my sons. They forced me into a house and started sexually assaulting me. I told them I’m old enough to be their mother. I cried,” she said.
“They then let me go, and I took my daughters and fled, leaving my sons behind. I don’t know where they are now,” she said.
“We just fled and ran past dead bodies till we crossed the barrier and reached a small village outside el-Fasher,” she added.
Aid agencies, meanwhile, said that thousands of people are unaccounted for after fleeing el-Fasher.
Caroline Bouvard, the Sudan country director for Solidarites International, said that only a few hundred more people have turned up in Tawila, the closest town to el-Fasher, in the past few days.
“Those are very small numbers considering the number of people who were stuck in el-Fasher. We keep hearing feedback that people are stuck on the roads and in different villages that are unfortunately still inaccessible due to security reasons,” she said.
Bouvard said there is a “complete blackout” in terms of information coming out of el-Fasher after the RSF takeover, and that aid agencies are getting their information from surrounding areas, where up to 15,000 people are believed to be stuck.
Published On 3 Nov 2025
Italy’s Jannik Sinner powered past Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-6 (4) to capture his maiden Paris Masters title on Sunday, a triumph that catapulted the 24-year-old back to the summit of the men’s rankings ahead of the ATP Finals.
The second seed knew only victory would suffice to leapfrog rival Carlos Alcaraz atop the standings, and he delivered in style to become just the fourth player in tournament history to lift the trophy without dropping a set.
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For Auger-Aliassime, the stakes were equally high but the outcome crushingly different. The Canadian ninth seed needed the title to secure his spot at the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin, but instead saw his hopes dashed in a high-quality final.
Sinner’s Paris conquest marked his first Masters crown of the year and fifth title of 2025, extending his remarkable indoor hardcourt winning streak to 26 matches.
“It’s huge, honestly. It was such an intense final here, and we both knew what’s on the line. Also him, he’s in a very tough and difficult spot, but from my side, I’m extremely happy”, Sinner said in an on-court interview.
“The past couple of months have been amazing. We’ve tried to work on things, trying to improve as a player. Seeing these kind of results makes me incredibly happy.
” Another title this year. It has been an amazing year, no matter what comes now in Turin. I’m extremely happy. “
Sinner made his intentions clear from the opening game, breaking Auger-Aliassime’s serve before consolidating the break as he controlled rallies while the Canadian leaked unforced errors.
Despite the majority of the crowd rallying behind the underdog, Auger-Aliassime struggled to match Sinner’s relentless power and precision.
Sinner proved untouchable on the serve, mixing deep groundstrokes with drop shots and half-volleys to bamboozle his opponent.
The Italian’s dominance was complete in the opening set, when Auger-Aliassime failed to earn a single break point while Sinner dropped just three points on serve, sealing the set with a flourish by firing a cross-court forehand winner.
The second set offered more resistance, however, as Auger-Aliassime showed his mettle, saving five break points.
But even his resolute defence could not crack Sinner’s serving stranglehold as the set headed to a tiebreak.
Auger-Aliassime held his own in the tiebreak until a crucial error handed Sinner the advantage, and the Italian needed no second invitation to surge into the lead.
Sinner then delivered the knockout blow on match point, forcing Auger-Aliassime wide during the rally before unleashing a searing backhand winner down the line to claim his fifth Masters crown.
Auger-Aliassime is set to play this week in Metz, where he had a first-round bye, in a last attempt to secure the final spot at the ATP Finals the following week.
On Sunday, hundreds of Uruapan residents took to the streets to pay their last farewell to the slain mayor.
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They chanted “Justice!” Justice ! referring to the Mexican President’s party, Claudia Sheinbaum, in “Out with Morena”!
The Uruapan Municipal Mayor, Manzo, was shot dead on Saturday night in the historic center of the city. He later passed away in a hospital where he was taken. He acquired a 40-year-old license.
In addition to the injuries, a bodyguard and a city council member were hurt.
Federal Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch announced to journalists on Sunday that the attacker had been killed at the scene.
Unidentified man shot the mayor seven times during the attack, according to Harfuch. He continued, citing the weapon’s connection to two armed hostilities between rival criminal organizations operating in the area.
No avenue of investigation is being ruled out, according to Harfuch, who defended the mayor’s death.
There would be justice, the Mexican president vowed.
Sheinbaum held a security cabinet’s emergency meeting on Sunday morning, and later publicly decried Manzo’s “vile” murder in a statement posted on X.
We “reaffirm our commitment to use all of the State’s means to achieve peace and security with no impunity and full justice,” she wrote.
Since September 20, 2024, Manzo has been mayor of Uruapan.
Manzo had urged the federal government to do more in the fight against organized crime while expressing concerns for his safety since taking office, frequently seen in a bulletproof vest.
In an interview with Mexican journalist Joaquin Lopez-Doriga in September, Manzo said, “I don’t want to be just another mayor on the list of those executed, those whose lives have been taken from them.”
Uruapan, which is located in the heart of Michoacan’s avocado-growing region, has earned it the nickname “the avocado capital of Mexico.” Due to the booming US demand, avocado production has become a target for organized criminal organizations.
In recent months and years, numerous politicians and journalists have been killed.
How many mayors have been murdered because they opposed joining organized crime in these pacts? Mexico’s Milenio TV spoke with Manno in another interview in September. He urged Sheinbaum to enact tougher laws to protect public safety and said the avocado industry in Uruapan was important in preparation for a pending review of Mexico’s trade agreement with the US and Canada.
Three months after taking office, security minister Harfuch claimed that Manzo had been under protection since December 2024. According to Harfuch, his security was increased by the addition of 14 National Guard officers and municipal police in May.
In reference to Manzo’s murder, Harfuch said, “The aggressors took advantage of the vulnerability of a public event.” “Be assured that no impunity will exist.”
The killing was also condemned by American authorities.
According to deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau, who shared a photo of Manzo with his young son shortly before the mayor’s murder, “The US stands ready to intensify security cooperation with Mexico to wipe out organized crime on both sides of the border.”
Salvador Bastidas, mayor of Tacambaro, also in Michoacan, passed away in the wake of the mayor’s death. As he arrived at his home in the town’s Centro neighborhood in June, Bactidas was killed along with his bodyguard.
