An Egyptian lawyer last week called for the rape and sexual assault of women in revealing clothes, adding that it was a "national duty" to do so. Nabih al-Wahsh's comments came during  a panel discussion  over a draft law on tackling prostitution that was broadcast on ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged tougher immigration measures based on merit, following the deadly truck attack in New York City. "We will stop this craziness," he said. Trump said on Twitter that the driver in Tuesday's attack "came into our country through what is called the...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger has asked the United States to start using armed drones against jihadist groups operating on the Mali border, raising the stakes in a counter-insurgency campaign jolted by a deadly ambush of allied U.S.-Nigerien forces. On Oct. 4, Islamist militants with sniper...

A suspected Islamist militant was arrested on Wednesday after wounding two policemen with a knife near the parliament in Tunis, Tunisia's interior ministry said, a rare incident in a country that has improved security since deadly attacks in 2015. The assailant was known to authorities...