Doctors have advised Morocco’s King Mohammed VI to rest for several days to recover from a viral lung infection that forced him to miss a remembrance ceremony in Paris for France’s late president Jacques Chirac, the palace said on Sunday. In a rare statement on the health of the...

At least one migrant died on Sunday after a fire broke out in Moria, the over-crowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece's Health Ministry said. Police were firing tear gas to control crowds who started rioting after the fire ignited inside the camp, according to an AFP...

Algeria's army said Sunday it would not back any candidate in a presidential election set for December to choose a successor to Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Mass protests this spring forced Bouteflika to step down after 20 years in power, leaving the army as the main player in Algerian politics....

Dozens demonstrated in the centre of Sudan's capital Khartoum on Sunday, calling for the release of a Sudanese student reportedly detained in Egypt amid a crackdown on rare protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Scattered rallies against Sisi broke out on September 20 after viral...