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A Tunisian journalist arrested after criticising a law that criminalises insulting the head of state was released on Thursday, he said after leaving court. Zied El Heni, 59, was kept in custody after being questioned on Tuesday evening over alleged "crimes through...

Emergency services in Spain said Thursday they had saved at least 350 migrants in five separate vessels over the last 24 hours off the Canary Islands.  These latest operations came the day after at least two people drowned attempting the crossing when another vessel...

Algeria has forced more than 9,000 African migrants over the border into Niger creating a "critical humanitarian situation", two United Nations bodies said in a report released Thursday. "Since the start of the year, more than 9,000 distressed migrants who were driven...

A group of 51 Moroccan migrants have been missing for days since embarking on a perilous sea journey to Spain's Canary Islands off Morocco's Atlantic coast, a family member said Thursday. Spain is a major gateway for migrants seeking a better life in Europe. Attempts...