Three Egyptian news editors from local news outlet Mada Masr have been referred for prosecution after plainclothes police raided its office on Sunday, the site said. "We have just got our phones and laptops back. Security forces left. Lina Attalah, Mohamed Hamama and Rana Mamdouh have been...

The leader of a Spanish rescue mission said Sunday that Italian authorities had refused to grant port access to its Open Arms ship, leaving the vessel stranded in rough conditions in the Mediterranean with more than 70 African migrants on board. The 73 migrants were picked up from a packed...

Lebanese security forces briefly arrested five youths, including three minors, for allegedly pulling down a sign for the president's political party, sparking outrage Sunday on social media. Defence lawyers said the five were taken into custody on Saturday evening in the town of Hammana...

A woman believed to have belonged to Daesh and her three children has arrived back in her home country Germany, police told AFP Sunday. The woman is the first adult female Daesh member to have been returned through official channels to Germany from Syria. Named only as Laura H., the...