Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido claimed the military helped him defy a travel ban by President Nicolas Maduro's government as he joined thousands over the Colombian border Friday for a charity concert. Maduro is trying to prevent food and medicines, from entering the country as...

Thousands of people in cities across Algeria marched on Friday to protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's plan to seek a fifth term and police used tear gas to disperse crowds in the capital. The 81-year-old Bouteflika, in office since 1999, will contest the April 18 presidential...

US-backed fighters said Saturday they are keeping a corridor open to rescue remaining civilians from the Islamic State group's last speck of territory in Syria, as the UN appealed for urgent assistance. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have evacuated nearly 5,000 men, women and...

One soldier was killed and 20 others were injured in a Boko Haram rocket attack in northeast Nigeria, security sources said on Saturday, just hours before elections began. A civilian militia source in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, told AFP "at least 13" blasts were heard...