PORT OF SUDAN: UN chief Antonio Guterres called for an immediate end to military escalation in Sudan on Thursday after reports that more than 460 people were shot dead in a maternity hospital by paramilitary forces.

Amid fierce fighting for the last remaining stronghold of Sudanese government forces in Darfur region, the UN demanded trapped civilians be given a chance.

CAIRO: Sudan’s paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people including patients in a hospital after they seized El-Fasher city in the western Darfur region over the weekend,…