Hundreds of thousands of protesters whose pro-democracy movement forced out longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika sang and celebrated their win Friday demanding that other top figures leave too. The demonstrators are pushing for the removal of what they see as an outdated and opaque...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Friday stepped up efforts to force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office by imposing new sanctions on its oil shipments, and promising “stronger action” against Cuba for helping to keep the regime afloat. Greater efforts to prevent oil...

Eastern Libyan troops commanded by Khalifa Haftar said on Friday they had advanced into the southern outskirts of the capital Tripoli in a dangerous thrust against the internationally recognized government. Fighting was going on near the former international airport, which Haftar’s Libyan...

Algerians need look no further than Egypt for a glimpse of how difficult any transition could be if they put off painful economic measures. In the four years after the 2011 ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt halved its foreign reserves while economic growth all but ground to a halt;...