Italy orders trial for 4 Egyptians accused in student death
ROME — A Rome judge on Tuesday ordered four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces to stand trial for the abduction, torture and killing...
Residents search for dead killed by Congo’s volcano eruption
KINSHASA, Congo — Residents searched for missing loved ones amid their destroyed homes on the outskirts of Congo’s eastern city of Goma Monday, where...
Spain offers to speak for Morocco at EU amid migration spat
MADRID — Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday that Spain is an ally of Morocco, and Madrid will defend both countries' common interests at...
World Bank allocates $2 billion to fund projects in Sudan
CAIRO — The World Bank said Monday it has allocated $2 billion to cash-stripped Sudan as the transitional government has struggled to address the...
No court decision on Suez Canal’s claim over massive vessel
CAIRO — An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday said it lacks jurisdiction to look into the Suez Canal Authority’s demands to uphold financial claims...
Congo volcano’s lava flows short of regional capital
GOMA, Congo — Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo unleashed lava that destroyed homes on the outskirts of Goma, but witnesses said Sunday that the city of...
UN envoy: Failure to get rid of Libya mercenaries a threat
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Libya warned the Security Council on Friday that progress on the key issue of withdrawing mercenaries...
Food, shelter, beatings: Border city divided over migrants
CEUTA, Spain — Residents of Spain's multi-ethnic city of Ceuta are used to being in the news every time the fragile alliance between Spain...
Burkina Faso’s unofficial truce with jihadis may be fraying
DJIBO, Burkina Faso — When the jihadis started coming to the town in northern Burkina Faso just to buy food — and not kill...
Hope, tension mark kickoff of Algerian election campaign
ALGIERS, Algeria — Candidates hopeful of winning one of the 407 seats in the Algerian parliament kicked off campaigning this week for next month's...