A deadline to register for Algeria's controversial presidential election has passed without a single candidate putting themselves forward, national radio said Sunday. That would raise the possibility of a delay to the July 4 poll, already opposed by protesters who reject the legitimacy of...

Egypt has unfrozen the assets of its Mubarak-era interior minister, who was acquitted on all corruption-related charges earlier this month, a judicial source confirmed Sunday. The Illicit Gains Authority decided last Thursday to lift freezes on Habib al-Adly's assets and those of aides who...

Two Palestinians were reportedly injured by Israeli gunfire early Sunday in the Gaza Strip, according to local residents. Israeli soldiers opened fire on two youths near the security fence in the southern Gaza Strip, the residents said. A Palestinian medical source said the two...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has assured Yemen's leader that the world body will remain impartial in efforts to resolve the country's conflict, rejecting accusations that its envoy was siding with rebels. The pledge came in a letter from Guterres to President Abedrabbo Mansour...