TUNISIA

Nearly 500 people were believed to be on board the boat, which embarked from Tripoli, and which was set on fire to alert passing ships.

Sudan has seen plenty of protests large and small over the past two years. Could this one break the mold?

Clear majorities of the Muslim population in many of the countries surveyed were opposed to violence in the name of Islam.

Most Western companies have been out of Syria for the past two years.

A USAID resiliency program for Niger and Burkina Faso has been delayed by a search for contractors.

Carley Watts, a 24-year-old British lingerie model, has announced she is ending her career and converting to Islam for her Tunisian husband-to-be.

Faced with growing protests, Gulf state monarchs are trying to diffuse opposition by exploiting old rivalries between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

The state-controlled MAP news agency noted that Jackson was on a “work visit” to Morocco.

A soldier was killed by a land mine and a suspected militant was killed by cops as the situation in Tunisia got tense this weekend.

Mohamed Brahmi, the leader of the opposition party in Tunisia, was killed with the same gun that was used to murder Chokri Belaid, his predecessor.

Mohamed Brahmi is the second politician killed in Tunisia in six months.

Amina Sboui, a Tunisian FEMEN activist, is on trial this week, after she accused prison guards of mistreatment.

Mandela has already lived more than four decades longer than his fellow countrymen.

If you can take your eyes off the carnage in Egypt, you'll see a much more encouraging version of the Arab Spring.

More than one-half (53 percent) of Malawians live below the poverty line, while more than 90 percent of the population lives on less than $2 per day.

The leader of the protest group famous for topless demonstrations flees her native Ukraine for Paris.

Pope Francis used his first official trip outside of Rome to visit the Italian island of Lampedusa, where hundreds of migrants die each year.

As the West re-evaluates nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster, Middle Eastern countries look to build more plants.

The protests in Turkey are dominating much of the news cycle. Here are some facts to make you sound informed with your colleagues.

Tourism and foreign investment could take hits if the protests continue through the summer.

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