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Bus crashes kill 19 in Morocco, Algeria

Two major bus crashes in Morocco and Algeria killed a total of 19 people early Saturday and injured almost three dozen more, media reported. The worst accident took place in southern Morocco when a truck collided with a passenger bus on a highway near the city of Agadir, the MAP news agency...

Tunisia dismantles 'terrorist cell' in growing crackdown

Tunisian security forces have dismantled a 13-member "terrorist cell" that was funneling young recruits to extremist groups, authorities said Wednesday, as part of a growing crackdown on extremists. The suspects, aged between 22 and 43, were arrested Tuesday in Hergla, a town north of the...

Lawyers sue Egypt’s Sisi over islands deal with Saudi

A group of Egyptian lawyers on Saturday filed a lawsuit against President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and five top officials over a controversial agreement to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The move came days after the government approved the agreement to transfer the sovereignty of...

Iraqis rally for release of female journalist

Around 1,000 people protested Friday in central Baghdad demanding the release of an Iraqi female journalist after she was abducted by unknown gunmen. "Freedom for Afrah!" cried the demonstrators, who included many women, after Afrah Shawqi was seized Monday from her home in a southern...