Tunisia is gearing up for snap elections as early as September following the death of president Beji Caid Essebsi, amid uncertainty over who could step forward to run the North African country. Essebsi, the country's first head of state elected in nationwide polls, died Thursday at the age...

A member of a recently-formed "dialogue committee" in Algeria said on Friday that the body's mission was to reach general consensus on holding presidential polls as soon as possible.  Earlier on Thursday, the Algerian interim presidency announced a six-member committee of "independent...

Somewhere on its journey from the waters off Iran, around Africa's southern tip and into the Mediterranean, the Grace 1 oil tanker lost the flag under which it sailed and ceased to be registered to Panama. Iran later claimed it as its own. The ship carrying 2 million barrels of Iranian...

French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss Brexit in the coming weeks with new U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and has invited Johnson to France for a visit in the next few weeks, said an official from Macron's Elysee office Friday. The official said the two leaders had spoken...