Cars, jewelry, carpets and other assets that once belonged to the deposed president of Tunisia, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, will be auctioned at a monthlong sale and exhibition.

Residents complain about the government’s confusing economic policies, its near-monopoly on power and the use of force against opponents.

South Sudan’s Army shot down a United Nations peacekeeping helicopter on Friday, killing the four Russian crew members on board, United Nations and military officials said.

Once supported on the street, many feel differently about the Muslim Brotherhood.

This week, judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague acquitted Mathieu Ngudjolo, 42, of crimes against humanity and war crimes.