The general leading Sudan’s coup has vowed to usher the country to an elected government. But Abdel-Fattah Burhan has powerful allies, including Gulf nations and a feared Sudanese paramilitary commander, and he appears intent on keeping the military firmly in control. Burhan first...

TThe Bashar Assad regime and its backer Russia continued their attacks on civilians in northern Syria on Saturday as talks on a new constitution for the war-torn country this week ended in disappointment. A woman and her two children were injured on Saturday by regime forces and Russian...

Palestinian group Hamas said Sunday that it had reached out to the UN as well as officials in Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on securing the release of its members being held in Saudi Arabia. In a statement, Hamas said its leader Ismail Haniyeh had communicated...

 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that he had ordered 10 foreign ambassadors who called for the release of a jailed philanthropist to be declared persona non grata. The envoys, including the U.S., French and German representatives in Ankara, issued a statement...