KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's White House is finding, as did the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, that it needs the troublesome Islamist regime in Sudan to help in the war against al-Qaida.

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Two aid workers from Ireland and Uganda -- kidnapped by militants in Darfur, Sudan, July 3 -- have been released, officials said Sunday.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The Obama administration says it plans to use a mix of incentives and pressure to seek an end to human rights abuses in Darfur, Sudan.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Israel's leaders are circling the wagons against international efforts to arrest them abroad on war crimes charges.

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A former southern Sudanese rebel group has signed an agreement with a northern opposition party to form an electoral alliance, the groups say.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, July 8 (UPI) -- Prosecutors have asked the judges of the International Criminal Court to reconsider their decision not to charge Sudan's president with war crimes.

KHARTOUM, Sudan, July 5 (UPI) -- An International Criminal Court prosecutor says his work against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not be impacted by the African Union.

SIRTE, Libya, July 4 (UPI) -- African states should honor an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a Human Rights Watch official says.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, June 7 (UPI) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir defied authorities with a trip to Zimbabwe while facing an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes, sources said.