Polls closed Thursday as Algeria's presidential election, which was opposed by a large protest movement, came to an end. Preliminary results are expected Friday, with official results later this month and a possible second-round run-off in early January.  

An international airport in Libya’s capital Tripoli -- which was closed three month ago due to airstrikes by forces loyal to East Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar -- has been reopened on Thursday. Several airlines announced that they will start operating flights from Mitiga...

Polls opened in Algeria Thursday in a presidential election bitterly opposed by a protest movement that sees it as a regime ploy to cling on to power. All 61,000 polling stations around the North African country opened as planned at 8 am (0700 GMT), the official APS news agency said. No...

Sending ground troops to Libya is not currently on Turkey's foreign policy agenda, but the country might consider to do so if the UN-recognized Libyan government makes such a request, according to Turkish foreign minister. "At the moment, as no such request was made, we don't have a plan of...