RIYADH (AFP) Saudi Arabia’s powerful interior minister, 78-year-old Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, was named the new heir to the throne in a royal decree read…
PARIS (AFP) Moody’s said Thursday it had downgraded Egypt’s government debt rating by one notch to B1 over concerns about the country’s weak economy, financial deterioration…
SALE, Morocco (AFP) The trial of nine people accused over an April bomb attack that killed 17 in Marrakesh neared closure Thursday as a lawyer for…
More photos » TUNIS (AFP) Violent protests broke out in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, where the uprising that ousted Zine el Abidine Ben Ali…
Five Arab Spring activists have won the European Parliament’s Sakharov prize for freedom of thought. The laureates include Mohamed Bouazizi of Tunisia, whose death in January…
The United Nations Security Council has voted to end international military operations in Libya next Monday. In March the council voted to authorise “all necessary measures”…
The New York Times Once one of Syria’s closest allies, Turkey is hosting an armed opposition group waging an insurgency against the government of President Bashar…
Marrakech – Morocco will hold, as of December 2011, the presidency of the Arab Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network (ACINET), the president of the body, Yemeni Belqis Abou…