The governor of Nigeria's Yobe state told locals in the village of Dapchi Thursday that 76 of their schoolgirls who were reported to have been rescued from militant Boko Haram kidnappers were in fact still missing. The state government Wednesday said the schoolgirls had been rescued by...

Turkey's opposition said Thursday new electoral regulations proposed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party and its nationalist allies could open the door to fraud and jeopardize the fairness of 2019 elections. Under a draft law submitted to parliament Wednesday, security...

An Egyptian court has sentenced 21 people to death and seven others to up to life in prison on terrorism-related charges. Thursday's verdict, reported by the state-run MENA news agency, can be appealed. Out of the 28 on trial, only 12 are in custody while the others - 16...

Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Thursday liberated one more village from YPG/PKK-Daesh terrorists as part of an ongoing operation in Afrin, northwestern Syria. Tal Dilor village of Jinderes district in Afrin’s southwest was cleared of terrorists, according to...