Tunisian authorities said Friday the number of people detained in a wave of violent protests had risen to nearly 800, as fresh unrest over austerity measures hit a provincial town overnight. Activists have called for a major protest Friday over the measures introduced at the start of...

Ecuador has granted citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been sheltering at its London embassy for five years to avoid arrest, Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa announced Thursday. Espinosa told a press conference in Quito that Assange, a 46-year-old...

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani says his country is ready to discuss its outstanding differences with Egypt after more than four years of strained relations. The foreign minister also pointed to “attempts” -- he did not say by whom -- to disrupt...

Habib al-Adly, former President Hosni Mubarak’s last interior minister, was reportedly acquitted of corruption charges on Thursday. According to judicial sources, al-Adly, who served as interior minister from 1997 to 2011, is now set to be released -- along with 10 others -- after...