With much else to worry about, S. Sudan keen to tackle climate change
Deng Deng Hoc Yai, South Sudan's environment minister, runs an agency so new it is still looking for a plot of land to build...
Sudan ditches Iran for Saudi patronage
When Saudi Arabia executed a leading Shi'ite cleric and protesters responded by torching the Saudi embassy in Tehran, Sudan was one of only three...
In conflict with Iran, Riyadh has no regrets
The diplomatic rupture with Iran triggered by the execution of a Shi'ite cleric was probably a side effect of a decision taken by Saudi...
Family mourns Nigerian pilgrim who fled Boko Haram but died in Haj crush
Three years after his family fled their northeastern Nigerian home to escape threats from Boko Haram militants, Mudasir Gambo must have thought his luck...
Two camps quarantined in Greece over Coronavirus
After a 53-year-old man tested positive for Coronavirus, Greece has quarantined a second migrant facility this week, the migration ministry said on Sunday.
The infected,...
ISIS eyeing oil targets beyond Syria stronghold: U.S. official
Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly...
Coronavirus – Worldwide latest developments
The new virus is entering new territories, from mega-cities to seaside villages, and casting a fast-growing shadow over the world economy.
Habits are changing in...
Iran's military boots on Syria's war
The new offensive launched by Syrian government forces in the countryside south of Aleppo has shed light on Iran's growing role in Syria's civil...
Saudi Arabia reports foiling planned Islamic State attacks
Interior ministry announces it has arrested more than 400 people and thwarted suicide bomb attack on mosque in east of country as bomb kills...
Russia and Turkey trade accusations over Syria
Russia said on Thursday it suspected Turkey was preparing a military incursion into Syria, as a Syrian army source said Aleppo would soon be...
