No fewer than 17 villagers were killed in an attack by armed bandits in northwestern Nigeria, police said late Sunday. The Zamfara State Police Command confirmed the death of 17 people in the village of Magami in Faru, Maradun after an attack by suspected armed bandits who stormed the...

Major banks in Saudi Arabia reached settlements worth a combined 16.7 billion riyals ($4.5 billion) with the kingdom’s tax authority over a religious levy the lenders had been kicking against. The deals come as the world’s largest crude exporter predicts a budget shortfall of 131 billion...

Spain's maritime rescue service says two children were reported missing at sea when 69 migrants were taken from a rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea. The service says people on the boat told a rescue crew the boys hadn't been seen for several hours and were presumed dead....

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrived in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Sunday where he held talks with Prime Minister of the UN-backed unity government Fayez Sarraj. The talks tackled the current political situation in Libya and means of bolstering bilateral relations,...