Sudan says army destroys Emirati aircraft, killing 40 mercenaries
Thursday, 7 August 2025 () Sudan's air force has destroyed an Emirati aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it landed at a paramilitary-controlled airport in Darfur, killing at least 40 people, the army-aligned state TV said Wednesday. "We will see if we can bring their bodies back," he wrote on social media platform X. State TV said the aircraft had taken off from an airbase in the Gulf, carrying dozens of foreign fighters and military equipment intended for the RSF, which controls nearly all of Darfur.
Three people were killed on Friday afternoon after a small plane crashed in Champhol, a town in north-central France. The light aircraft, a Cessna 172 operated by a local flying club, took off but..