The U.S. air strike killed eight suspected Islamic State militants in southern Libya near the town of Murzuq, the U.S. military said Friday. The strike took place on Thursday, the U.S. Africa Command said in a statement. Islamic State militants lost their Libya stronghold in the...

Tunisia's influential Islamist-inspired party Ennahdha said Friday it will support law professor and political outsider Kais Saied in a presidential runoff against jailed media magnate Nabil Karoui. "Ennahdha has chosen to support the people's choice," party spokesman Imed Khemiri told AFP...

Algeria on Thursday announced the detention of the leader of its former ruling party, as authorities strove to quell months of mass protests ahead of an election planned for December. The court order against National Liberation Front (FLN) chief Mohamed Djemai for “destruction of official...

The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed an explosives-laden boat launched from Yemen by the Iran-aligned Houthi group on Thursday, an incident that could further increase regional tensions after a weekend attack on Saudi oil installations. “The coalition’s naval forces...