Libyan pro-government forces are advancing into the last area controlled by Islamic State in the coastal city of Sirte, surrounding the militants after a five-month campaign backed by U.S. air strikes, military officials say. At least eight pro-government fighters were killed over the...

Morocco’s ruling Justice and Development Party (PJD) has won the largest share of seats in the parliamentary elections on Saturday, securing 125 seats in the House of Representatives, according to the National Statistics Committee. In a statement released on Sunday, the committee said that...

An Egyptian Court on Saturday has postponed a hearing of an appeal by Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically elected president in Egypt, in the case known in the media as "Itehadeya Palace incidents", a judicial source told Anadolu Agency . Morsi, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison,...

A new Egyptian militant group, the Hasam Movement, on Saturday claimed responsibility for the killing of a policeman in the country's north. Gunmen shot Gamal al-Deeb, a policeman working with the Homeland Security agency, eight times outside his home in the northern Beheira province shortly...