The head of Sudan's ruling military council Wednesday pardoned 235 detained members of the Sudan Liberation Movement, a rebel group that is active in the country's western Darfur region, according to a statement read out on Sudanese state TV. The statement, which was attributed to military...

The International Monetary Fund Wednesday approved a $6 billion, three-year loan for Pakistan to try to right the nation's economy. The IMF board released $1 billion to Pakistan immediately and said in a statement that the program aims to "support the authorities' economic reform program"...

At least 11 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have started a hunger strike in protest against their “administrative detention” without an accusation, a non-governmental organization announced on Wednesday.  In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said two...

South Sudan's army and several armed groups killed more than 100 civilians in a surge in violence in a southern region of the country after the signing of a peace deal last year, a U.N. report said Wednesday. The armed forces also committed sexual violence including rape against around 100...