DUBAI: The power struggle between Sudan’s de-facto ruler and commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and Gen. Mohamed Dagalo and his Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has now been raging for three brutal weeks.

What began as tensions over the planned integration of Dagalo’s paramilitary group into the Sudanese military reached a flashpoint on April 15, when the two former allies, who had worked together to oust dictator Omar Al-Bashir less than four years ago, fell out, plunging the country into chaos.

ABU DHABI: An evacuation plane carrying 178 nationals from seven countries arrived in the UAE this afternoon from Sudan, Emirates News Agency reported on Sunday.
The plane was carrying vulnerable evacuees, which included sick people, children, elderly people and women.
This included a Sudanese child who was injured in ongoing clashes, who  was taken to Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi to receive necessary medical care.

JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities demolished a Palestinian school in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, drawing harsh condemnation from the EU.

COGAT, a branch of the Israeli military, said in a statement that the building, located about 2 km from Bethlehem, had been constructed illegally and “was found to be dangerous to the safety of anyone studying or otherwise visiting there,” and thus an Israeli court “had ordered it demolished.”

AMMAN: The 9th session of the Joint Jordanian-US committee was held in Washington DC to discuss cooperation in trade, agriculture, food security and labor fields, Jordan News Agency reported on Sunday.

Dana Zoubi,  secretary general of Jordan’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, said on Sunday that Jordanian-US economic relations were “historic and strategic,” and are founded on mutual interests

CAIRO: The Egyptian archaeological mission working at the necropolis of Meir in the city of El-Quseyya, Asyut Governorate, has uncovered ancient buildings and a number of burials dating back to the Byzantine era.

Mostafa Waziry, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, emphasized the importance of the discoveries, which indicate the importance of the Meir site in ancient times.