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Sudan football fans clash with police, call on Bashir to leave

Fans at a football match in Sudan's capital chanted slogans demanding President Omar Bashir step down and later clashed with police in the Khartoum suburb of Omdurman, according to activists and video clips posted online. The clips show the fans in the stadium chanting "the people want...

Jordan prime minister to visit Turkey Tuesday

Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz is set to start an official visit to Turkey on Tuesday.  Razzaz will hold talks with Turkish officials on means of bolstering economic relations between Jordan and Turkey, Jumana Ghunaimat, a spokesperson for the Jordanian government, told...

Bangladesh deploys troops amid violence ahead of polls

Bangladesh has deployed thousands of soldiers across the country on Monday, five days ahead of the national polls amid violence since the election campaign began earlier this month. Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR), Banglasdeshi army's mouthpiece, confirmed in a statement issued...

Indonesia: Sunda Strait tsunami death toll rises to 281

The death toll from Saturday’s tsunami on Indonesia’s Sunda Strait has risen to 281, the national disaster agency said on Monday. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the National Disaster Management Agency, said in a statement that the number of injured topped 1,016 in the tsunami --...