Algeria's army chief of staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah Tuesday accused some parties of wanting a constitutional vacuum, to prolong the country's political crisis, private channel Ennahar TV reported. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down on April 2 after two months of mass...

The United Nations human rights office called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into the death of Egypt’s former President Mohamed Mursi, saying it should encompass all aspects of his treatment during nearly six years in custody. Egypt’s Islamist ex-president was buried in a...

Thousands joined in prayer in Istanbul Tuesday for former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi who died a day earlier after collapsing during a Cairo court session. The prayer called by Turkey's religious authority Diyanet took place in the city's Fatih mosque. Turkey was one of Morsi's key...

Yemen's Houthi movement and the United Nations have agreed on a mechanism to inspect ships docking at Hodeida following the group's withdrawal from three Red Sea ports under a U.N.-sponsored deal, a Houthi official and a U.N. source said. The Houthis' unilateral pullout last month from the...