Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said they will release 350 prisoners, including three Saudi Arabians, Monday under the supervision of the United Nations. The statements by the head of the Houthis' prisoner affairs committee, carried by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, said the individuals were...

Doctors have advised Morocco’s King Mohammed VI to rest for several days to recover from a viral lung infection that forced him to miss a remembrance ceremony in Paris for France’s late president Jacques Chirac, the palace said on Sunday. In a rare statement on the health of the...

Algeria's army said Sunday it would not back any candidate in a presidential election set for December to choose a successor to Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Mass protests this spring forced Bouteflika to step down after 20 years in power, leaving the army as the main player in Algerian politics....

Dozens demonstrated in the centre of Sudan's capital Khartoum on Sunday, calling for the release of a Sudanese student reportedly detained in Egypt amid a crackdown on rare protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Scattered rallies against Sisi broke out on September 20 after viral...