Egypt's state-run news agency says a policeman and a civilian have been killed in a drive-by shooting attack. MENA says two gunmen opened fire from a car in the town of Asna, just south of the ancient city of Luxor, the previous evening. Friday's report cited an Interior Ministry...

 The commander of Libya's self-styled national army in the east has ordered naval bases to confront any vessel entering the country's territorial waters without military permission. A statement released by the forces of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar Wednesday says the command was...

The Algerian army on Monday killed six extremists during an ongoing security operation west of Algiers, the defence ministry said. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered, it said. The six suspects were killed in the Safsafa area near Tipaza, 70 kilometres west of Algiers, according...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has pardoned dozens of people arrested in recent protests in a northern region and blamed the failure of local officials to quickly implement development projects for stoking public anger. It was his first public address since the start of protests in October over...