Mali’s new leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keita pledged on Wednesday to be a “president of national reconciliation” in his first public statement since his landslide election victory. Speaking a day after the constitutional court confirmed his win in the Aug.11 presidential

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to be put under house arrest following a court order to release him in a corruption case, officials say. The prime minister’s office said the measure would be

High Representative of the Union of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton headed an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels to discuss EU position and further actions regarding the conflict in Egypt.