Yellow Vest protesters Monday set barricades to bar workers from entering a public building in Namur. Protester Marc-Henri Jamain told local media nearly 10 workers were allowed to enter the building as a result of negotiations with a public administration. He went on to say the...

The Tunisian General Labor Union on Monday reaffirmed plans to stage a general strike on Thursday to demand better pay for civil servants. Speaking at a ceremony marking the eighth anniversary of Tunisia’s 2011 popular uprising, union head Noureddine Taboubi vowed to escalate strike...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that a rift between Qatar and its Gulf Arab neighbors had gone on for too long and was threatening regional unity needed to counter Iran. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and non-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member Egypt...

Seven candidates were confirmed Monday to run for president in Senegal on Feb. 24. The seven were the remaining of 27 candidates in the western African country who applied. The rest were eliminated because they failed to collect enough signatures from the seven regions of the country, said...