At least 30 people were killed when two boats carrying undocumented migrants of various nationalities sank off Libya’s northern coast Monday evening, according to local officials. "Two boats carrying scores of undocumented migrants sank off the coast of Sabratha [in northwestern Libya],"...

Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government have captured fresh territory in the city of Sirte, one of the Daesh terrorist group’s last strongholds in the North African country, according to a military official. "Our forces on Monday made significant gains against Daesh in the...

Two leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group were shot dead by Egyptian security forces south of Cairo, the country’s interior ministry said.  In a Tuesday statement, the ministry said Mohamed Kamal, 61, was killed along with Yasser Shehata in a shootout late Monday in Cairo’s...

Five policemen were killed and nine others injured in two separate militant attacks late Saturday in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said unidentified gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying five police personnel in North Sinai’s city of Arish....