Rival hashtags, angry videos and calls to march -- the war for Egyptian minds is raging online ahead of possible mass demonstrations against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Encouraged by rare protests that erupted last week in Cairo and other Egyptian cities, Sisi opponents have bombarded...

Former French President Jacques Chirac, a major force in French politics who opposed the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, died in Paris on Thursday at the age of 86. A seasoned politician, Chirac’s career included two presidential terms, two stints as prime minister and nearly two decades as...

Thousands of refugees in Rwanda have started to benefit from community-based health insurance under an understanding reached with the UN refugee agency, said Rwanda’s ministry in charge of refugees. “Since Sept. 9 all urban refugees in Rwanda are eligible to benefit from our...

Despite the defeat of the Islamic State, Washington justifies weaponizing and safeguarding the People’s Protection Units (YPG), which are the Syrian branch of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Washington officials do this because they think that the Kurdish-dominated YPG would be...