At least 45 civilians were killed and 82 others injured in a shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Saturday on a crowded market in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, a volunteer group and a medical source said.

"The RSF militia committed a new massacre today (Saturday) with a deliberate bombing of the Sabreen Market in the Karari locality," the Al-Thawra Resistance Committee, a volunteer group, said in a statement.

"So far, 45 civilians have been killed and 82 others injured," the statement added, without providing further details.

Meanwhile, a medical source at Al-Nao Hospital in Omdurman said, "The hospital has received over 24 bodies, along with dozens of injured individuals."

Emergency warnings have been issued and residents urged to consider evacuating amid flooding in Australia's northeast.

Residents in the far north region of the state of Queensland were on Saturday advised to prepare for "dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding" following days of intense rainfall.

Parts of Townsville, the biggest city in the affected area, received 350 millimeters (mm) of rain in the 18 hours to Saturday morning, with authorities warning more is to come.

A severe weather warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Saturday said that towns along a 270-kilometre stretch of coast between Townsville and the town of Babinda further north may be affected by life-threatening flooding.

State Disaster Coordinator Deputy Commissioner Shane Chelepy said on Saturday that emergency services responded to more than 300 calls for help overnight, 223 of which were in Townsvill

At least 18 soldiers of Pakistan's Frontier Corps (FC) have died during an operation in Mangocher, a city located in the Kalat district of Balochistan province, the country's military authorities confirmed on Saturday.

"On the night of January 31/February 1, terrorists attempted to establish roadblocks in Manocher, Kalat District of Balochistan. Security forces and law enforcement agencies were immediately mobilised, who successfully thwarted the evil design and killed 12 of them, ensuring security and protection of local populace," read a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military.

However, the statement added, 18 soldiers were also killed during the operation.

A new wave of bomb threats was reported in Hungary with 44 schools receiving threatening emails, the national police confirmed on Friday.

Among the affected institutions, 13 are in Budapest, while 31 are in rural areas.

Police responded to all locations and implemented necessary security measures.

Israeli Prime Minister's Office said Friday that Israel has received the list of three Israeli civilian hostages Hamas will release on Saturday.

The list includes Israeli-French citizen Ofer Calderon, 54, Israeli-American citizen Keith Siegel, 65, and Israeli civilian Yarden Bibas, 35.

Bibas' wife, Shiri, and two sons, five-year-old Ariel and two-year-old Kfir, were also taken to Gaza on October 7, 2023. The Israeli military has not officially confirmed their deaths but earlier expressed "grave concern" for their fate.

Under a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal between Israel and Hamas, which went into effect on January 19, three Israeli hostages are scheduled to be released on Saturday.

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) website remains down following a cyberattack, but its weather forecasts have not been interrupted, the SAWS said on Thursday.

The weather service said in a statement that it has relied on alternative channels to render critical marine, aviation and severe weather services.

"Thus far, we have not had an interruption of services. Weather products for marine and aviation sectors are being conveyed via alternative channels," SAWS Chief Executive Officer Ishaam Abader was quoted as saying in the statement.

Uganda on Wednesday strongly condemned an attack on the country's embassy in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), by rioters amid mass demonstrations.

John Mulimba, Uganda's Minister of State for foreign affairs in charge of regional cooperation, told the parliament that rioters had looted and burned embassy property, forcing the staff into hiding.

"The incident is a violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961) and we condemn it in the strongest terms," Mulimba told lawmakers during a plenary.

Afghan counter-narcotics police have uncovered about 19 kg of illicit drugs, including 13 kg of Ice (methamphetamine), and arrested 12 suspected drug smugglers in five provinces of Afghanistan, an official statement said on Wednesday.

The drugs were seized during separate routine operations conducted by the police on the outskirts of the provinces of Herat, Laghman, Panjshir, Faryab and the national capital Kabul, the Ministry of Interior said in the statement.

The ministry said in another release that Afghan authorities destroyed more than 16 tonnes of narcotic drugs and acid by setting them ablaze in the western province of Nimroz.

Ukrainian forces launched drone attacks on oil facilities and a microelectronics plant in western Russia overnight Friday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed on Facebook.

The attack sparked fires at the production facilities of the Ryazan oil refining company and the Ryazan oil pumping station, it said.

Besides, drones hit Kremniy El microchip plant in the Bryansk region, which produces components critical for Russia's production of weapons.

Nine Turkish soldiers were killed and 11 others injured in attacks by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) targetting Turkish bases in northern Aleppo province, a war monitor said on Friday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the SDF strikes hit bases on Thursday in the al-Hoshriya area. The SDF also struck a military gathering in the village of Atshana, south of Manbij, with casualty figures from that incident still unconfirmed, the Observatory said.

The Observatory said the SDF attacks appeared to be in retaliation for continued ground and air assaults by Turkish forces and allied factions against SDF-held areas in northern and eastern Syria.

On Thursday, Turkish warplanes reportedly bombed areas around the Tishreen Dam near Manbij, causing explosions and smoke plumes, though there were no immediate reports of casualties