TUNIS, Mounir Souissi- Tunisian authorities on Tuesday recognised that two jihadist groups which the army has been hunting on the Algerian border have links to Al-Qaeda, stressing their determination...

CAIRO- Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said 11 new ministers will be announced by Tuesday morning in a cabinet reshuffle that falls short of opposition demands and bolsters the ruling Islamists....

KASSERINE, Tunisia- Two Tunisian soldiers were wounded Monday when a device exploded in the Mount Chaambi border region during the ongoing hunt for a jihadist group who have mined the area, the...

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Libya's General National Congress, under pressure from militiamen, on Sunday voted through a controversial law to exclude former regime officials from public posts in a move...

JERUSALEM- The Palestine Liberation Organisation denounced Israel for causing "countless difficulties" for Palestinian Christians and Muslims to reach their holy sites as Orthodox Christians held the...

ALGIERS- The Polisario Front on Friday slammed Morocco's "systematic repression" of separatist protesters in the disputed Western Sahara and urged the UN to apply a new resolution calling for greater...

CAIRO- A prominent Egyptian dissident will stand trial on May 5 on charges of insulting Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, a prosecution source said on Thursday. Ahmed Douma, an opposition activist...

ORAN, Algeria- An Algerian singer accused of poking fun at the police in one of his songs on Thursday was given a suspended six-month sentence and fined around 1,000 euros, an AFP correspondent at...

UNITED NATIONS- UN-Arab League Syria peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is on the verge of quitting amid growing frustration at deadlocked international efforts to end the worsening conflict, diplomats said...