Algeria's election authority has registered 22 candidates for a December presidential election, including two former prime ministers under former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the official APS agency reported Sunday. Former premiers Ali Benflis and Abdelmadjid Tebboune had submitted their...

Dozens of global policymakers and tycoons will attend a Saudi investment summit starting Tuesday, helping the kingdom turn the page on a critic's murder that triggered a mass boycott last year. A strong turnout at the three-day Future Investment Initiative (FII), nicknamed "Davos in the...

Iraqi students joined anti-government protests in Baghdad on Sunday, ramping up the street pressure on Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi who also faced a surprise sit-in from parliament's largest bloc. The capital and country's south have been rocked by a second wave of demonstrations since...

Hong Kong riot police fired volleys of tear gas to try to disperse thousands of protesters, many wearing now-banned face masks, who converged on the Kowloon harbor front on Sunday to denounce perceived police brutality over months of unrest. Police arrived early, warning protesters to...