An attempted coup in Sudan was stopped

1 Sudan

A coup d’etat near the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, was stopped. «On 21st of September the army was able to prevent the coup» — a military representative stated on the state-run TV. A large number of military equipment was present on the streets of Khartoum. The security forces blocked the main bridge connecting Khartoum with the city of Omdurman, on the other side of the Nile river. No detailed information was provided about the conspirators. They reportedly tried to take control of the state-run mass media premises, but they failed.A senior military official stated that a number of officers were «involved in the assassination attempt», but they were «immediately stopped».

2 Yemen

Over the past few days, the ’Ansar Allah’ rebel movement started new offensive operations in the provinces of Beida and Shabwa. The rebel operations in Beida began on the morning of 15th of September against the ’Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula’ terrorist group. The ’Ansar-Allah’ troops were able to advance quickly. The offensive took place in the highlands, however it didn’t become a strong obstacle for the rebel troops.On 19th of September the rebels launched a new offensive in the nearby province of Shabwa, thus breaking through the Hadist defenses, and occupying a number of key positions and settlements. By 21st of September the rebel assault led to the collapse of the frontline of the Hadi troops. They began to retreat and surrender one settlement after another, together with the regional center of Beikhan. At the moment, the rebels continue their offensive and move towards the Marib-Atak road.

3 Donbass

Tensions on the contact line in Donbass are escalating. The shelling of settlements of the DPR and LPR continues. Today Ukrainian troops launched a mortar attack on the village of Yasinovataya — the DPR office in the Joint Center for the Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire reported. “In total, 15 mortar shells were fired at the settlement. The fire was conducted from the Novoselovka settlement, controlled by Kiev. As a result of the shelling, hits are recorded on the territory of the school No. 69. A gas pipeline was damaged.Destructions were recorded in the educational building of the Yasinovatskaya sanatorium boarding school number 14. All the children and employees were transferred to a shelter in the morning».

4 Afghanistan

The World Health Organization’s Director-General, Tedros Adanom Ghebreyesus, met with the Taliban officials in Kabul. It was noted that the Taliban called on the WHO to increase the humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. “Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, who was present at the meeting, thanked the WHO for the aid to Afghanistan’’. He noted that «The international community must make even greater efforts in the supply of medicines and other essential goods. Otherwise, the country may face a humanitarian crisis» — the Taliban reported.Ghebreyesus pledged to «continue to support Afghanistan to save it from a humanitarian disaster». He added that the number of the WHO staff in the country will soon be increased.

5 Afghanistan

The Taliban announced the list of the deputy ministers in the new Afghan government. There are no women on the list — the Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, stated. «The new appointments, which were largely based on professionalism and competence, will further enhance and standardize the structures of the Islamic Emirate» — the RIA NEWS quoted Mujahid.

6 Russia

«Almost 330 cyber attacks were carried out on the electronic voting system during the recent elections to the Russian parliament from abroad in the first few hours of voting. Most of the attacks from the USA» — said Vladimir Dzhabarov, the head of the working group of the Federal Council commission for the protection of the Russian state sovereignty. «Strong cyber attacks were organized on the voting system. The goal was to discredit the voting system» — the senator stated at a meeting of the commission, on Tuesday. Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS