Italy on Sunday called on Egypt to release a young Egyptian researcher and activist based at Bologna University, saying it had reason to believe the security forces had tortured him. The incident has revived painful memories of the 2016 disappearance and murder of an Italian researcher in...

Libya's Azzawiya Oil Refining Company said Sunday it was forced to stop refining operations due to a lack of crude supplies and no inventory. A source from the company, a subsidy of Libya's state oil firm the National Oil Corporation (NOC), said two refining units with a capacity of 60,000...

 Flights transporting Yemeni medical patients from rebel-held areas continued Saturday when a second plane carrying 24 patients took off from Sanaa bound for Jordan's capital, the U.N. health agency said. The U.N. flights, which began Feb. 3, are seen as a humanitarian breakthrough in...

Tunisia fired its ambassador to the UN Friday accusing him of failing to consult the ministry on key issues that diplomatic sources said included Washington's controversial Middle East peace plan. "Tunisia's ambassador to the United Nations has been dismissed for purely professional...