A prominent Egyptian activist has been released from prison after serving a five-year sentence for organising an illegal protest, his family says. Alaa Abdel Fattah rose to prominence during the 2011 uprising against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. He was arrested in...

Investigators probing the fatal crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia have reached a preliminary conclusion that a suspect anti-stall system activated shortly before it nose-dived to the ground, the WSJ reported Friday citing people familiar with the matter. The findings were based on...

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of central Algiers again on Thursday to demand the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and changes to the political system after the powerful army called for the veteran leader to be removed. The army chief of staff, Lieutenant General...

Britain has identified "significant" issues in Chinese giant Huawei's engineering processes that pose "new risks" for the nation's telecommunications, a government report found Thursday. "Further significant technical issues have been identified in Huawei's engineering processes, leading to...