Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh said Sunday he had decided against the use of more external debt and that all new expenses that arise for the country would be funded only through internal loans. He said that he will freeze increases in the wages of public employees because of the...

Russia and Turkey have postponed ministerial-level talks which were expected to focus on Libya and Syria, where the two countries support opposing sides in long-standing conflicts. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov decided to put off the...

    (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian army's 4th Division has stormed the town of Dumair northeastern Damascus late on Saturday, seeking to capture six troops defected to the elite army unit, local activists said. Two deserters were killed in clashes with the 4th Division...

In the sprawling refugee camps of Darfur, the war-scarred western region of Sudan, officials say the elderly are falling sick and dying at astonishing rates. In North Darfur’s provincial capital of El Fasher, some say they scroll through a dozen death announcements each day: Another...