Algerian lawmakers began a session Tuesday to pick an interim president after Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned last week in the face of mass protests against his rule, state media reported. Under the constitution, Parliament should nominate the speaker of the upper house, Abdelkader Bensalah,...

A warplane carried out an air strike Monday against the Libyan capital's only functioning airport, authorities at the site said, as fighting raged for control of Tripoli. A security source at Mitiga airport east of the city said no side had yet claimed responsibility for the raid, which hit...

Sudan's army deployed around its Khartoum headquarters Monday as thousands of protesters urging the military to back calls for leader Omar al-Bashir's resignation defied tear gas to demonstrate for a third day, witnesses said. "When the army is here, we have no fear," protesters flashing...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called for "immediate halt" to military operations against the Libyan capital. In a statement, Pompeo said Washington is "deeply concerned" about fighting near Tripoli, saying that there is no military solution to the Libya conflict. His remarks...