Mali's president announced his resignation and the dissolving of parliament early Wednesday after he was arrested by mutinying soldiers. "I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power," Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said in a brief address broadcast on state television. Keita also...

Israel and Sudan Tuesday said they are close to reaching a peace agreement - setting the stage for a second dramatic diplomatic breakthrough for Israel with its Arab neighbors in a matter of days. A Sudanese Foreign Ministry official announced that his government is "looking forward to...

Iran said on Tuesday it would wait for the World Health Organization's approval before buying a coronavirus vaccine unveiled last week by Russia. Russia said on August 11 that it had developed the world's first vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against COVID-19 and was in the final...

Countries putting their own interests ahead of others in trying to ensure supplies of a possible coronavirus vaccine are making the pandemic worse, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Tuesday. "(Acting) strategically and globally is actually in each country's...