At least 264 people have been killed and 1,266 wounded, including civilians, in an offensive by military strongman Khalifa Haftar to seize Libya's capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The UN agency called on Twitter for "a temporary cessation of hostilities" between...

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a series of deadly attacks on Sri Lankan churches and hotels that killed more than 320 people on Easter Sunday but did not offer supporting evidence for the claim. The Islamic State group on Tuesday said it was behind a...

Algeria's richest man Issad Rebrab has been moved to jail on the public prosecutor's orders, state media reported Tuesday a day after his arrest as part of a corruption probe. Rebrab, the chief executive of Algeria's biggest privately-owned conglomerate Cevital, was placed in detention...

Beijing is again lashing out at a U.S. decision to impose sanctions on countries that buy Iranian oil, calling it a violation of China's interests that will intensify turmoil in the Middle East and international energy markets. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang Tuesday said the U.S. is...