Former Venezuelan general Hugo Carvajal, head of military intelligence under Hugo Chavez, was arrested Friday in Madrid on a US warrant for cocaine trafficking, police sources and the US Department of Justice said. Carvajal, dubbed "El Pollo" (The Chicken), was taken into custody at his...

The new head of Sudan's transitional military council is said not to be affiliated with any political body or organization, according to sources with close links to him. Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Burhan, 60, served in Sudan’s border guard and was later appointed to China as a military...

Crowds of Sudanese waving flags and chanting "we toppled two presidents in two days" celebrated in the capital late Friday after the country's military council chief stepped down a day after he was sworn in. "We have done it, we have done it," shouted young men and women as they drove...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is willing meet with US President Donald Trump a third time if Washington comes to the table with the "right attitude", state media reported Saturday. Kim also said he would wait until the end of the year "for the US to make a courageous decision" on another...

 Sudan’s military council chief Gen. Awad Ibn Auf announced Friday he was stepping down, just a day after he was sworn in following the ouster of veteran President Omar al-Bashir. “I hereby announce my resignation as head of the Transitional Military Council and the appointment of the...

About 1,500 refugees and migrants are trapped in detention centers by the Libyan conflict and the risks to their lives are growing by the hour, the head of the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. "These are people in the most vulnerable and dangerous of circumstances," U.N. High...

A war plane belonging to the eastern Libyan forces Friday attacked a military camp of a force allied to the internationally recognized government near the western town of Zuwara, an eastern military source and residents said. The airstrike is the closest yet to an oil and gas facility...

A Palestinian teen was shot dead by the Israeli army during renewed protests on the Israel-Gaza border Friday, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said. A ministry spokesperson said Maysara Abu Shaloof, 15, was "shot in the stomach by the [Israeli] occupation east of...

Burning American and Israeli flags, Iranians rallied after Friday prayers against the U.S.'s decision to designate the country's powerful Revolutionary Guards as a foreign terrorist organization. Thousands of worshipers came out of the mosques chanting traditional anti-U.S. slogans at...

More than 8,000 people have fled fighting around Libya's capital, half of whom have been displaced over the last two days, the United Nations said Friday. "Displacements from areas affected by the clashes in an around Tripoli continue to surge," U.N. spokesman Rheal Leblanc told...

Sudan's Bashir will not be handed over to other countries, head of Political Military Council says

Gunfire and blasts echoed through downtown Tripoli in the small hours of Friday as the eastern Libyan LNA force pushed against the forces of the internationally recognized government around the disused international airport and the Ain Zara district. Fighting between the eastern force...

Algerian protesters gathered for the first Friday protests since the announcement of presidential elections to succeed ousted leader Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika fearing a ploy by the ruling system to stay in power. Social media, the source of mass protests which led to the end of Bouteflika's...

Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators camped outside the defence ministry in Khartoum Thursday night to push for a civilian government, defying a curfew and calling for mass prayers after the military overthrew Omar al-Bashir after 30 years of autocratic rule. Demonstrators who have been...

Yellow Vest protests this weekend were prohibited Thursday in Paris and in Lille, according to police. Parisian police said protestors, claiming to be part of the Yellow Vests, will be kept off the French National Assembly and Elysee Palace. Yellow Vest protests in Lille will be...

The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed onto the moon on Thursday after a series of technical failures during its final descent, shattering hopes of a historic controlled landing on the lunar surface. The unmanned robotic lander suffered periodic engine and communications failures during...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on all parties in Sudan to exercise "calm and utmost restraint" Thursday following the ouster of long-time President Omar al-Bashir. Guterres "recalls his previous encouragement and expectation that the democratic aspiration of the Sudanese...

An aid ship belonging to a German humanitarian group, is still stranded in the Mediterranean and denied safe port from, the organization’s spokeswoman said on Thursday. Denied docking rights from Malta, the Alan Kurdi -- named after a young Syrian boy drowned while trying to make it to...

International Monetary Fund and World Bank shareholders are still undecided on whether to recognize Venezuelan opposition chief Juan Guaido as the country’s leader, the institutions said on Thursday. The heads of the IMF and World Bank both said they are preparing to move quickly to help...

U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday stressed the need for diplomacy in getting U.S. nuclear talks with North Korea back on track after a failed summit between the U.S. and North Korean leaders in February. In Oval Office remarks, Trump was asked by...