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UN Chief Warns Sudan Violence Risks ‘Catastrophic Conflagration’

UN Secretary-General Antَnio Guterres listens as Russian Foreign Minister and Security Council Acting President for the month of April Sergei Lavrov speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)
UN Secretary-General Antَnio Guterres listens as Russian Foreign Minister and Security Council Acting President for the month of April Sergei Lavrov speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)
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UN Chief Warns Sudan Violence Risks ‘Catastrophic Conflagration’

UN Secretary-General Antَnio Guterres listens as Russian Foreign Minister and Security Council Acting President for the month of April Sergei Lavrov speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)
UN Secretary-General Antَnio Guterres listens as Russian Foreign Minister and Security Council Acting President for the month of April Sergei Lavrov speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the violence in Sudan "risks a catastrophic conflagration within Sudan that could engulf the whole region and beyond" and called on Security Council members to exert maximum leverage.

"We must all do everything within our power to pull Sudan back from the edge of the abyss," Guterres told the 15-member council, adding that the United Nations was not leaving Sudan.

"We stand with them at this terrible time," he said. "I have authorized the temporary relocation both inside and outside Sudan of some United Nations personnel, families."

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US to Deploy B-52s, Warships to Middle East as Aircraft Carrier Departs

Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Patrick Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 in Washington. (AP)
Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Patrick Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 in Washington. (AP)
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US to Deploy B-52s, Warships to Middle East as Aircraft Carrier Departs

Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Patrick Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 in Washington. (AP)
Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Patrick Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 in Washington. (AP)

The United States said on Friday it will deploy B-52 bombers, fighter jets, refueling aircraft and Navy destroyers to the Middle East, in a readjustment of military assets as the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group prepares to leave the region.

The Pentagon said in a statement that deployments would take place in the coming months and demonstrated the flexibility of the US military movements around the world.

"Should Iran, its partners, or its proxies use this moment to target American personnel or interests in the region, the United States will take every measure necessary to defend our people," Pentagon spokesperson Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder said in a statement.

The United States has had as many as two aircraft carriers in the Middle East during the past year of soaring tensions since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Oct. 2023.

The Lincoln's withdrawal will create an aircraft carrier gap until another is cycled into the Middle East.

The latest adjustment in US forces in the region follows direct exchanges of fire in October between Israel and Iran. Israel is also fighting Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and has carried out strikes in Yemen after coming under attack from Iran-aligned Houthi militias.

The United States has pledged to help defend Israel against attack and to safeguard U.S. forces in the Middle East, who have been attacked by Iran-backed groups in Syria, Iraq, Jordan and off the coast of Yemen.