1. US, Sudan make a deal
The US will remove Sudan from its terrorism blacklist after the country agreed to pay $335m in compensation for its alleged role in the bombing of two US embassies in East Africa by Al-Qaeda in 1998. The deal was struck after months of negotiations with Sudan’s transitional government, which took power following the fall of dictator Omar al-Bashir last year. The decision was announced by Donald Trump in a tweet this week. The US has insisted that outstanding legal claims are settled before the country is struck from its terror list. North Korea, Iran and Syria remain on the list...
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