Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki has warned of a "catastrophic" situation in his country, plagued by poverty and extremists, as he launches a new party a year after his election defeat. The 70-year-old neurologist applied to form the new grouping Thursday, the fifth anniversary of the...

Pope Francis welcomed a U.N.-backed road map to end the Syrian war Sunday, and said recent efforts to establish a national unity government in Libya sparked hopes for an end to a political deadlock which has allowed extremists and people-smugglers to flourish. "I am moved to turn my thoughts to...

The United States embassy in Tunisia has warned its citizens to avoid a major shopping mall in the capital Tunis on Sunday because of a reported threat of a potential militant attack there. Tunisia is under a state of emergency following a suicide bomb attack on a presidential...

Germany and Austria are working on a proposal for a common European asylum law, Germany's refugee crisis coordinator said in an interview with German magazine Focus. Hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty in Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere have arrived in...