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Sudan's opposition agree power-sharing deal with military

Sudan’s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups agreed provisionally on Friday to share power for three years, bringing thousands onto the streets to hail a first step toward ending decades of dictatorship. The deal, concluded in the small hours and due to...

UN Security Council calls for ceasefire in Libya

UN Security Council on Friday urged warring factions in Libya to de-escalate tensions and agree to a ceasefire, and condemned an attack on a migrant detention center near the country's capital.  This is the first statement passed by the Council since fighting erupted in April. It also...

Turkey sacks Central Bank governor

Turkey has sacked the governor of its Central Bank and replaced him with his deputy, a presidential decree published in the official gazette said Saturday. Murat Cetinkaya, who was appointed to the role in April 2016, was replaced by Murat Uysal, the decree said, but gave no official reason...

Regime bombings kill 14 civilians in Syria: Observatory

A Syrian regime bombardment has killed 14 civilians, including seven children, in northwestern Syria, a war monitor said Saturday, in the latest deadly raids on the embattled opposition bastion. Warplanes and helicopters late Friday carried out air strikes on the village of Mahambel in...