A video of a politician from the National Rally (formerly the National Front) demanding at a French regional council meeting that a woman take off her veil was met with outrage as it went viral over the weekend – even drawing criticism from other figures in the far-right party. Julien...

Sudan’s ruling council and rebel leaders started peace talks on Monday to end the country’s multiple conflicts, a key condition for the country’s removal from the United States’ sponsors of terrorism list. The council, a transitional government, has made peace-making with rebels...

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said an Iranian tanker damaged in the Red Sea on Friday had been hit by at least two rockets, and there is video footage of the incident. Iranian authorities reported that the Iranian-owned oil tanker, the Sabiti, was struck off Saudi Arabia’s coast....

Tunisia's electoral commission was expected to confirm Monday that voters gave conservative political outsider Kais Saied a sweeping mandate to be the next president, thanks largely to young people who flocked to his side. In a contest that reflected Tunisia's shifting post-revolution...