At least 194 asylum seekers en route to Europe were returned by the Libyan coast guard to Tripoli, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Thursday.  The asylum seekers included women and children, according to IOM, who noted that “staff were at the disembarkation...

Hundreds of mourners Thursday attended the funeral of Nabil Hasan al-Quaety, a Yemeni videographer who contributed to AFP, two days after he was killed in the southern city of Aden. Raising his portrait and describing him as a "martyr", angry crowds shouted slogans calling for freedom of...

 Egyptian authorities have said they will prosecute the father of three girls who they say were tricked into undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) and the doctor who performed the surgery. The public prosecutor's office said the girls, who were all minors, had been told the doctor...

Libya's UN-recognised government said Thursday it was back in full control of Tripoli and its suburbs, capping a string of victories against eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar and vowing to take the whole country. "Our heroic forces have full control of Greater Tripoli right up to the city...