Two parties will examine potential measures for reconciliation, to avoid provocative acts. More

Negotiations between Morocco and the Western Sahara rebel group the Polisario Front will resume in the United States next month, Morocco's foreign minister said on Thursday. More

The World Bank has pledged $6bn in loans for Egypt and Tunisia in a move explicitly to bolster the Arab Spring. More

BENGHAZI, Libya: An Islamic revival is taking hold in rebel-held eastern Libya after decades of tough curbs on worship by Muammar Gaddafi, but clerics say this will not be a new source of religiou More

The success of US special forces in killing al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan sparked a series of speculations about the names of likely candidates to succeed him. One of the prominent names More

A video released by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb shows four French hostages apparently held by the group in Niger begging French President Nicolas Sarkozy to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan More