The death toll from tribal violence that erupted over the weekend in Sudan's Darfur region climbed to 87 on Wednesday as a local medical group also reported attacks on healthcare workers in the area. The deadly violence poses a challenge to efforts by Sudan’s transitional government to...

About 4000 Syrian tribal figures agreed on Wednesday to unify their ranks and efforts to confront the mounting abuses by the Iranian and Kurdish militias operating  in northeastern Syria.   The representatives of 132 tribes held the third general conference in the...

They're not leaders for life — not technically, at least. But in political reality, the powerful tenures of China's Xi Jinping and, as of this week, Russia's Vladimir Putin are looking as if they will extend much deeper into the 21st century — even as the two superpowers whose destinies...

A verdict is expected Wednesday against 497 defendants, including former soldiers of the Presidential Guard, who are on trial, accused of involvement in a 2016 failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government. The massive trial is one of several against suspected...