The Nigerian military has offered to deploy in Lagos state if needed to protect key business and government sites amid anti-police protests, the governor said Thursday. Unrest has broken out across the state, which is under 24-hour curfew, sparked by protests and the shooting of civilians...

Almost every day Wafa Ali Mustafa posts a number to Facebook. Today she has counted to 2663. Each number represents a day since her father went missing in Damascus more than seven years ago. It is a bitter truth that the disappearance of Wafa's father, Ali, is far from an isolated case....

Lebanon's protest movement has made some important gains since it burst out onto the streets a year ago, even if its revolutionary fever has died down. Demonstrations that erupted last October 17 over a planned tax on calls made via messaging apps quickly evolved into an unprecedented...

 Jordan will enter a nationwide 48-hour lockdown on Friday for the first time in months as health officials worry a major spike in coronavirus infections could threaten its stretched healthcare system, officials said. The country has seen what officials say is an “exponential”...