At least 181 people were killed when a military plane carrying soldiers crashed soon after takeoff in a farm field in northern Algeria Wednesday, officials said. The cause of the crash was unclear, and an investigation has been opened, according to a Defense Ministry statement....

 Libyan authorities say they have found the remains of three children abducted more than two years ago west of the capital, Tripoli. The Libyan criminal investigation office said Saturday the bodies were found south the town of Surman, near the Mediterranean coast. An armed...

The Mayor of the Libyan capital, Abdul-Raouf Beit al-Mal, was released on Friday after he was abducted by unknown perpetrators, according to the city’s municipality. Sharing the information on their official Facebook page, the city council did not give details about the mayor’s...

Video circulating online of a young man apparently sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Morocco has sparked an uproar just as the government is trying to fight violence against women. Amid widespread anger, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday that authorities have arrested the alleged...