Security forces Monday fired tear gas at protesters as they tried to storm a gas and oil installation in southern Tunisia, local radio stations said. Residents have been camping outside the El Kamour gas and oil pumping station in the Tataouine region for around a month to demand they...

France's foreign ministry said Monday that the reopening of its embassy in Syria was not on the table, signalling there may be no fundamental change to Paris' approach to the Syrian conflict under new president Emmanuel Macron. Citing a political source close to Macron, pan-Arab daily...

Russia agreed Monday to lift remaining trade sanctions against Turkey imposed in the wake of the shooting down by Turkish air forces of a Russian warplane over the Syrian border in 2015. The state-run Anadolu news agency said a corresponding accord was signed on the sidelines of a summit of...

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have pledged $100 million to a women's business fund supported by Ivanka Trump, daughter of the president who Monday wound up a visit to Riyadh. World Bank president Jim Yong Kim announced the donation from both oil-rich Gulf states Sunday, during a...