Officials say troops killed at least three militants during a counter-terrorism operation in northern Algeria on Tuesday. Algeria’s Ministry of National Defense released a statement saying the incident occurred Tuesday morning “during a cordon and combing operation...

Egypt has named senior banker Tarek Amer to head the central bank from November, in a move welcomed by traders who expect a new approach that could help ease the country’s currency crisis.

The World Food Programme executive director says a lack of funds is hampering efforts to provide urgent support to Mauritanians and refugees fleeing instability in Mali.

In a bid to capitalize on some recent battle successes in Iraq, Baghdad leaders told a top U.S. general Tuesday that they will move to improve coordination between the country’s disparate and sometimes warring factions battling Islamic...

Saudi Sheikh Mohamed Al-Arifi announced on his Facebook page, that he decided to postpone his upcoming lecture in Morocco, scheduled for October 25 in Rabat. The annulation came apparently after a massive wave of critics by Moroccan...

By Colin Freeman  Libyan officials have hinted that they would be reluctant to allow two newly identified suspects in the Lockerbie bombing to be extradited to Scotland, saying they would prefer any trial to take place in...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew into Moscow on Tuesday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during which the two men discussed their joint military campaign against Islamist militants in Syria, a Kremlin spokesman said.

After rockets fired from Gaza landed in an empty field in southern Israel before dawn on Sunday, Israel carried out two air strikes in the Strip, claiming to have hit two Hamas arms factories.

At least 70 hotels have closed in Tunisia since September after two deadly attacks on foreign tourists, and more are expected to follow suit, an industry official said on Sunday.

By Matsumoto Shoji Président de l’Institut de Sapporo pour la solidarité Internationale Professeur de Droit International et droit comparé , University of Sapporo Gakuin We were not only surprised, but also disappointed on how a western country...