North Africa

Libyan naval forces captured two vessels suspected of smuggling oil from the North African country after gun battles lasting several hours west of the...

Pope Francis celebrated a Mass in Cairo on Saturday, the last day of a brief visit during which he urged Muslim leaders to unite...

Pope Francis flies to Egypt Friday for a visit aimed at fostering reconciliation with the Muslim world against the backdrop of recent jihadist attacks...

Morocco's Islamist-led cabinet won a vote of confidence in parliament on Wednesday after the country went more than six months without a government, causing...

Egypt's tourism levels are still around a third of what they once were and, despite security concerns, Egypt's tourism minister insists the country's popular...

An air strike on a prison has killed five people in a Libyan desert town where armed factions have been fighting along a strategic...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a royal welcome from King Salman as he landed on Sunday in Saudi Arabia for a visit to...

Morocco has summoned Algeria's ambassador to express concern after 54 Syrians attempted to "illegally enter" the country from Algeria, the ministry of foreign affairs...

Morocco and Cuba have restored 37-year-old broken diplomatic ties weeks after the private visit of Morocco’s King Mohamed VI to Havana.Ambassadors of the two...

Thousands protested in northeastern Tunisia on Thursday to mark a general strike over unemployment and poverty, six years since a revolution ignited by similar...