A top Burundian general on Wednesday announced the overthrow of President Pierre Nkurunziza, following weeks of violent protests against his bid to stand for a third term. The radio broadcast by General Godefroid Niyombare – who was sacked from his position as the central African nation’s...
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has allocated 1 billion riyals ($265 million) for a Yemen relief center he has ordered to be set up in the kingdom, the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television reported Wednesday. The satellite channel said the money would be in addition to another 1 billion riyals the...
A three-year operation to smuggle official documents out of Syria has produced enough evidence to indict President Bashar al-Assad and 24 senior members of his regime, according to the findings of an international investigative commission. The prosecution cases against the Syrian leaders focus...