Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said on Monday met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Muscat, where the two men discussed “regional and international developments”, according to Oman’s official news agency. Muscat is the eighth and final leg of a Middle East tour that also brought...

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...

Khartoum (AFP) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Tuesday blamed conspirators for violence during deadly anti-government protests, as an impoverished town held a "martyrs' rally" to honour those killed. Bashir, speaking at a military base near the town of Atbara where the first...

Moroccan security forces have dismantled a suspected Daesh cell in the North African country, according to the Interior Ministry on Tuesday.  In a statement, the ministry said three suspects had been detained for links to the Daesh terrorist group.  The suspects, aged...