Veteran Sudan Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi, one of the fiercest critics of President Omar al-Bashir's government, died of a heart attack on Saturday aged 84, officials said. "The Islamist intellectual Hassan al-Turabi has died," the state broadcaster reported. It interrupted its...

France will deliver arms, that were initially manufactured for the Lebanese army under a now suspended $3 billion Saudi grant, to Riyadh instead, a media report said Saturday. (The Daily Star)

 A car bomb and rocket attack by Kurdish militants killed two police officers and wounded 35 people in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin on Friday, security sources told Reuters. The attack was carried out around 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in...

US commandos have captured a major Islamic State operative in Iraq and his detention will likely lead to the apprehension of other IS targets, a US defense official told AFP Wednesday. The issue raises questions about what will happen to the detainee and others like...