At least five people were killed in fierce clashes on Friday between rival armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli, seat of a UN-backed unity government, a hospital official said. The city has been gripped by a power struggle between dozens of militias since a NATO-backed uprising...

A Tunisian court held its first public hearing Friday in the trial of 26 people in connection with a 2015 extremist beach massacre that killed dozens of foreign tourists. A student armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle and grenades went on a rampage in the Port el-Kantaoui resort near...

Gunmen attacked a bus carrying Egyptian Christians south of the capital Friday, killing at least 20 people, state media and officials said. "There are more than 20 dead and more than 20 wounded," a senior health ministry official told AFP. The attack in Minya province came after church...

Egypt's government, already accused of muzzling freedom of expression and opposition to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has blocked access to a host of news websites including Qatar's Al-Jazeera. Around 20 websites based in Qatar and Egypt have been inaccessible since Wednesday night,...