Extremist kills self, her baby in Tunisia suicide bombing
<p>TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian authorities said a female suicide bomber killed herself and her baby during counterterrorism operations in a mountainous zone in struggling...
EXPLAINER: Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?
JOHANNESBURG — With more than a week of fierce fighting including beheaded bodies in the streets, the battle for the northern Mozambique town of...
Protests grow in Italy over the wiretapping of journalists
<p>ROME — Italian journalists and lawmakers on Friday protested the wiretapping of reporters’ phone calls during investigations into Libya-based migrant trafficking and humanitarian rescue...
4 UN peacekeepers killed in north Mali
BAMAKO, Mali — Four United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an attack by jihadists on their camp in Aguelhok in northern Mali, the U.N....
Visiting Uganda, R&B star Akon seeks business opportunities
<p>KAMPALA, Uganda — American R&B singer Akon is visiting Uganda Friday in search of investment opportunities that would extend his business footprint in Africa,...
Russian entrepreneurs adapt to virus lockdown challenges
MOSCOW — Valentina Konstantinova remembers well when Russia locked down for the coronavirus a year ago. Her 18-room boutique hotel, called Skazka, or “Fairytale,”...
Pro-Kurdish legislator who lost seat is detained in Turkey
<p>ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police arrested a prominent pro-Kurdish party politician on Friday, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported, weeks after he was stripped of...
Crowds march in Algiers in weekly pro-democracy protest
ALGIERS, Algeria — Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched peacefully in Algeria's capital Friday to support the Hirak pro-democracy movement.
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Greece accuses Turkey of escorting migrant smuggling boats
<p>ATHENS, Greece — Greece is reporting a series of incidents with Turkey's coast guard in the narrow stretch of water between the eastern Greek...
Virus pandemic overshadows Bulgarian parliamentary election
SOFIA, Bulgaria — After months of nationwide anti-government protests over corruption, stalled reforms and a stagnating economy in the European Union’s poorest member state,...