Over 5 million people in Sudan need humanitarian assistance and nearly 2.5 million children there get sick every year due to acute malnutrition, a UN agency said Tuesday. The number of people in need in Sudan rose by 700,000 compared to last year to 5.5 million. Natural disasters such...

TEHRAN (AFP)- Iran Tuesday jailed Hamid Baghai, a vice president under former hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, following his conviction for corruption, media reports said. "Police officers apprehended and transferred the convict to prison," the Tehran prosecutor's office said, cited by...

CAIRO (AP)- Egyptian authorities have published a list of telephone numbers for citizens to use to bring attention to any media reports they perceive as undermining the country's security or hurting public interest. The publication of the numbers - listed in a statement issued late on...

BAGHDAD (AFP)- Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they had ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of an independence referendum. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the airports of Erbil and Sulaimaniyah were "again open to international...