SUDAN’S president Omar el-Bashir called on his people to train and prepare to defend their government and country against internal and external enemies, reacting angrily to what authorities said was a foiled coup plot.

Anti-Israel demonstrations erupted across the Arab world today after Israel assassinated Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas, with a missile attack outside a Gaza City mosque.

Arabs universally condemned the assassination of the Palestinian militant leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin, vowing revenge on Israelis.

Opposition groups in Sudan have cautiously welcomed a deal to try resolve Africa's longest-running civil war.

Sudan's deputy defence minister and 13 other high-ranking military officers were killed when their plane crashed on take-off.