Huge crowds gathered Friday in Algeria's capital and other cities amid heavy security for a new wave of demonstrations that could be decisive for the protest movement calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down. Wearing Algerian flags on their backs and chanting "Bouteflika,...

A Bahraini court sentenced 167 people arrested in 2017 at a sit-in outside the home of Bahrain’s leading Shi’ite Muslim cleric to between six months and 10 years in prison at a trial in late February, court documents and lawyers said. Protesters had gathered at the home of Ayatollah...

Demonstrations resumed in several Sudanese cities on Thursday amid calls for President Omar al-Bashir to step down. Protests erupted in several parts of Khartoum after the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) urged members of the public to join the demonstrations. In a statement,...

French President Emmanuel Macron said he “salutes” Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision not to seek another term as president of Algeria and called for a “transition of a reasonable length.” Macron, who has faced months of protests back home from the Yellow Vests movement, also said on...