Sudanese army rulers and protest leaders Wednesday agreed on a three-year transition period for transferring power to a full civilian administration even as negotiations over a new sovereign ruling body remain unfinished. The protest movement is demanding a civilian-led transition following...

A Syrian political dissident has been on a hunger strike in Istanbul, Turkey for 11 days after Canada failed to follow through on his application for asylum for himself and his family, who he has not seen in years. Ammar al-Sheikh Haidar, the brother of Ali Haidar, Syria’s former minister...

The U.S. embassy in Khartoum on Tuesday held Sudan’s ruling Military Transitional Council (MTC) responsible for the deaths of six protesters who were killed in the capital one day earlier. “The tragic attacks on protesters yesterday [Monday] that led to the deaths of at least six...

Scores of Sudanese protesters blocked roads with burning tyres in Khartoum's twin city Omdurman Tuesday for the first time in a month after six people were killed in the capital. An army major and five protesters were shot dead at a long-running sit outside army headquarters in the capital...