Shield and Alert: Maghreb Bound

A group of Moroccans entered Spain's Melilla enclave overnight Saturday-Sunday, a rights group said,  out of dozens who attempted the crossing at one of two EU land borders with Africa. "Dozens of young Moroccans attempted to cross" into Melilla from the border town...

By Jihad Dorgham: Libya's Tripoli-based leadership is facing a public backlash for handing Washington a suspect in the deadly 1988 Lockerbie attack, but is betting that the resulting US goodwill can strengthen its hand against rivals. The attack on a Pan Am jet over...

The lawyer of a Frenchman held in Morocco and fighting extradition to the United States for alleged hacking told AFP Wednesday he was appealing to a UN body to intervene. Philippe Ohayon, who represents 21-year-old Sebastien Raoult, said a prison guard had shown his...

Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Wednesday played down massive abstention in this month's parliamentary elections and slammed critics who have accused him of dragging the country towards dictatorship. Just 11.2 percent of registered voters took part in the December...