Attacks on two oil tankers on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman left one ablaze and both adrift, shipping firms said, driving oil prices up 4% over worries about Middle East supplies. The Front Altair was on fire in waters between Gulf Arab states and Iran after an explosion that a source...

An Egyptian military court Wednesday sentenced nearly 300 people to prison terms, including some who in 2014 attempted to attack President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, security sources said. Thirty-two were sentenced to life in prison, which is 25 years in Egypt, while 264 were jailed for terms of...

Algeria's former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia appeared before the Supreme Court Wednesday as part of a raft of anti-graft investigations opened into senior figures since President Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika stepped down, state television reported. Ouyahia, who left the government in March as...

A Yemeni rebel missile attack on an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia wounded 26 civilians on Wednesday, drawing promises of "stern action" from the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels. Yemen's Huthi rebels, who have faced persistent coalition bombing since March 2015 that has...