The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body will meet on Monday as a row brews over Iran's refusal to allow access to two sites where historic nuclear activity may have occurred. The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed "serious concern" in a report earlier this...

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh said Sunday he had decided against the use of more external debt and that all new expenses that arise for the country would be funded only through internal loans. He said that he will freeze increases in the wages of public employees because of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian security in southern Sweida city has dispersed an anti-government demonstration by around 100 people who had gathered to protest against deteriorating living conditions ahead of U.S. Caesar sanctions, activists said Monday. Security forces have arrested at least...

King Mohammed VI of Morocco had successful heart surgery on Sunday in Rabat, state news agency MAP said. The King was treated for a heart rhythm disorder known as "atrial flutter", it said. The 56-year-old King underwent a similar surgery to normalise his heart rhythm two years ago in...