Multiple nations have scrambled to evacuate embassy staff and citizens by road, air and sea from Sudan, where fighting between the army and paramilitaries has killed hundreds and led to acute shortages of water, food, medicines and fuel.

Indonesia has safely evacuated or accounted for the 937 of its citizens known to have been in Khartoum at the start of Sudan’s ongoing armed conflict, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, noting that no Indonesian fatalities had been recorded.

The first period of ceasefire saw dozens of foreign countries, including Indonesia, taking advantage by doing the bulk of their evacuation efforts.

Two rounds of evacuations to repatriate some 1200 Indonesian nationals residing in violence-stricken Sudan continues, with the Indonesian Military (TNI) now involved in the efforts. 

The eruption of fighting eight days ago between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has triggered a humanitarian crisis.

United States troops evacuated embassy staff from Sudan's capital, President Joe Biden announced Sunday, as other nations sought to help their citizens escape deadly fighting between rival generals.

Street fighting between the forces of two rival generals eased in parts of Sudan's capital by Friday evening, witnesses reported, after repeated calls for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire to the nearly week-long conflict.

A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighbouring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making.

The Sudan capital Khartoum was rocked by bombing and artillery shelling on Friday, despite reports that warring forces had welcomed a proposal for a truce during the Muslim holiday of Idul Fitri.

In some countries, including Indonesia and Malaysia, authorities have said the holiday will start on Saturday.

The countries said in a joint statement the leaders had discussed a range of subjects including trade, technology, defense, aviation and food security.

The government and some of the country’s largest Muslim organizations have responded to the violence inflicted by Israeli security forces at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, expressing “strong condemnation” accompanied by loud calls to the United Nations to implement sanctions.

The strikes were launched around 4:30 am Israeli time, hitting both the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, according to an Israeli army statement.

The public’s consistently strong stance against Israel, as evidenced by the recent removal of Indonesia as host of the U-20 FIFA World Cup, was an indication that a formal tie between the two states was a nearly impossible prospect, experts said.

Indonesia issued a strong condemnation of Israel’s plan to rebuild over 1,000 housing units of settlements in occupied Palestinian territories, reiterating that such settlements were illegal and a violation of international law.

Beijing brokered an agreement between Tehran and Riyadh on March 10 to restore diplomatic ties following a seven-year freeze.

Amid growing public discontent over an Israeli team in the upcoming U-20 World Cup hosted in Indonesia, the government has taken to Twitter to condemn an Israeli minister who stated that the Palestinian people did not exist.

"In a letter to President Raisi... the King of Saudi Arabia welcomed the deal between the two brotherly countries (and) invited him to Riyadh," tweeted Mohammad Jamshidi, the Iranian president's deputy chief of staff for political affairs, adding that "Raisi welcomed the invitation".

Palestine’s envoy to Indonesia says the country has no qualms with Indonesia hosting the FIFA U-20 World Cup despite the participation of Israel's soccer team.

Tinubu, candidate of Buhari's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), won 8.8 million votes against 6.9 million for opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar and 6.1 million for the Labour Party's Peter Obi in Saturday's election, according to final results.

Omran Alswed and his family are still living in makeshift shelters almost three weeks after the massive earthquake in southern Turkey, having been unable to find a place in an official camp.

The third round of Indonesian humanitarian aid arrived in Turkey’s southern city of Adana on Tuesday, alongside a team of officials led by Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy, a Thursday statement by the Indonesian embassy in Ankara said.

US envoy Karen Decker tweeted that several of her posts earlier in the week went "awry" despite her "best intentions" when she suggested Afghan women could learn from examples such as pop culture icons Beyonce and Lizzo.

Indonesian humanitarian missions had started providing medical assistance and operating field hospitals to Turkey and Syria, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, in the aftermath of deadly earthquakes last week.

Indonesia has strongly condemned Israel’s unilateral decision to legalize nine Jewish outpost settlements in the Palestinian West Bank and authorize the construction of 10,000 new houses in the area.

As Kuwait will soon celebrate its national day and the 55th anniversary of Indonesia-Kuwait diplomatic relations, the Gulf country is seeking ever closer diplomatic relations with Indonesia.

For the first state visit by an Iranian president to China in more than 20 years, Raisi has brought a large trade and finance delegation to Beijing and was earlier greeted by Xi on a red carpet.

Rayyana Barnawi will join fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni on a 10-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said.

As the death toll continues to climb, the Turkish Embassy in Jakarta has opened several channels to receive both monetary and goods donations to help earthquake victims in Turkey, while the Indonesian government prepares to deploy its first medical team to help with relief efforts on the ground.

The government is preparing to dispatch a search and rescue team, a medical team and other humanitarian aid to Turkey as the death toll from Monday's earthquakes reaches 17,000, with thousands more injured or left homeless in winter.