Ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika made a rare public appearance Thursday to encourage turn out in the country's local elections that have been marred by voter frustrations amid rising poverty. Bouteflika, 80, cast his vote at a school near the capital, Algiers. He has...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will in the coming days visit Turkey's sometimes uneasy NATO ally Greece, a top official said Thursday, the first visit by a Turkish head of state to its neighbor in 65 years. Erdogan had himself, as prime minister, visited Greece in 2004 and 2010 but the...

Saudi Arabia aims to start issuing tourist visas to foreigners next year, a senior Saudi official told CNN, as the government seeks to open up the conservative kingdom and find new sources of revenue to diversify its economy. At present, foreigners travelling to Saudi Arabia are largely...

Three people have died of suspected diphtheria in conflict-hit Yemen, doctors said on Wednesday, as the World Health Organisation and International Committee of the Red Cross warned the disease was spreading. "Currently, there is an increase in diphtheria cases, due to the poor...