WASHINGTON, United States, Dec 20, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the new year offered a chance for a humanitarian truce in war-ravaged Sudan as he urged outside countries to exert leverage. "Ninety-nine percent of our focus is this humanitarian truce and achieving that as soon as possible," Rubio told a news conference. Rubio said both sides have violated commitments as he voiced alarm at new reports of humanitarian convoys being struck. Rubio, who has repeatedly spoken to UAE officials about Sudan, declined to criticize countries by name but noted that Sudan's warring parties relied on outside weapons. The UAE is a close partner of the United States, which welcomes its relationship with Israel.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha December 20, 2025 02:45 UTC