UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday night outlined his plan for the establishment of a chemical weapons mission with about 100 experts to destroy Syria’s chemical arsenal. The plan would mark the first time that the UN has carried out such a task in the midst of a civil …

The Director General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ahmet Uzumcu, is expected to give a press conference on Wednesday on the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons. “We had planned to organise this press conference tomorrow, Tuesday, but the event has now been moved back to …

Tunisia’s ruling party and opposition groups on Saturday (October 5th) signed a roadmap agreement aimed at ending the months-long political crisis. The deal calls for the nomination of an independent prime minister by the end of next week, who would then have two weeks to form a cabinet.