Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, 92, a major player since the country’s transition to democracy since 2011, was on Thursday taken to a military hospital after suffering a “severe health crisis”, the presidency said. One of his advisers told Reuters he was in a “very...

Bahrain's foreign minister has said Israel is part of the region's heritage and the Jewish people have "a place amongst us" in a rare interview of an Arab official by an Israeli journalist. The interview -- on the sidelines of the US-organised economic conference in Bahrain, intended to...

France reopened a revered but long-closed archaeological site in the heart of Jerusalem on Thursday, but a dispute over access immediately disrupted its reopening. France, the owner of the site known as the Tomb of the Kings, reopened it to visits after having kept it closed since 2010....

Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac has demanded that the club sign four new players as they rejuvenate their squad ahead of next season, Kicker magazine reported Thursday. The 28-time Bundesliga winners are undergoing a major squad overhaul, and several senior players have left this year....