A mine planted by Islamist militant group Boko Haram killed at least two soldiers on Tuesday in the town of Bosso in Niger's southeastern region of Diffa, Niger's defense ministry said. It was the first time Niger has accused the insurgents of planting a mine in recent fighting...

(Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped a French woman and her Yemeni driver in the centre of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Tuesday morning while she was heading to work, security sources said. The unidentified gunmen intercepted the vehicle on 45th Street in central Sanaa and led the...

(Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed off on an anti-terrorism law that gives authorities more sweeping powers to ban groups on charges ranging from harming national unity to disrupting public order. The move, announced in the official Gazette on...

(Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Tuesday acquitted two top Hosni Mubarak-era officials of graft charges at a retrial, judicial sources said, a day after a prominent activist was sentenced to five years in jail. Former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, and former Interior Minister...