Tens of thousands of Algerians returned to the streets in the capital Algiers and other cities on Friday to demand radical political reforms and the departure of the ruling elite. Protesters are now seeking more freedoms and the removal of the remaining symbols of the old guard, after they...

Security officials say gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in southern Yemen, killing at least five policemen and wounding three. The officials say the assailants struck Friday with hand grenades and an RPG launcher at a checkpoint in Abyan province. The province is located 195 kilometers,...

Egyptian security officials say airstrikes targeting Islamic militants are underway in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 20 insurgents. Officials said that Egypt's air force Friday hit more than 100 mountainous hideouts of militant groups in the city of El-Arish and the...

Libya's parliament based in the west says it has gathered intelligence warning of the use of possible airstrikes on Tripoli by allies of Commander Khalifa Haftar, who launched a military offensive in April to capture the capital from the U.N.-backed government. The Tripoli-based High...