At least 44 civilians were killed and 28 wounded in an attack by a faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu on Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan state in southern Sudan, authorities announced Monday. The SPLM-N has been fighting the...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday said Ankara will not tolerate terrorism in Syria under any circumstances. "There is no way we will tolerate the continuation of terrorism in Syria," Fidan told a joint news conference with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al...

The Palestinian militant movement Hamas released four female Israeli soldier hostages on Saturday, in return for some 200 Palestinian prisoners, in keeping with a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza. The four were led onto a podium in Gaza City amid a large...

The European Union on Tuesday announced a 60 million euro ($62 million) support package for Lebanon’s armed forces, as the crisis-hit country seeks to implement a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the aid came “at a critical juncture...