Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, 92, a major player since the country’s transition to democracy since 2011, was on Thursday taken to a military hospital after suffering a “severe health crisis”, the presidency said. One of his advisers told Reuters he was in a “very...

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on security forces in the Tunisian capital on Thursday, killing one police officer and wounding several other people, the interior ministry said. The first blast took place near the intersection between rue Charles de Gaulle and...

The children of high-profile Egyptian Islamists detained in the same prison as former President Mohamed Mursi before his sudden death last week say they fear for their parents’ health. Mursi, 67, died after collapsing during a court appearance at Cairo’s Tora prison complex, where he...

Seven police officers have been killed in a jihadist attack in restive North Sinai, Egypt's interior ministry said Wednesday. The attack near the regional capital El-Arish targeted an "assembly centre" for police, according to the ministry. Four assailants died "during clashes"...