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Rabat (AFP) - Morocco reported Sunday 698 additional novel coronavirus infections, the highest one-day increase since the outbreak began in early March, with numerous cases discovered in a port city factory. The new figures bring the official total in the North...

Unidentified armed men massacred 31 civilians in simultaneous attacks on several Mali villages this week, then killed nine soldiers responding to the assault as violence surges in the country's conflict-wracked centre. An Islamist insurgency that  erupted in the north...

The World Health Organization warned Wednesday the Middle East faces a "critical threshold" amid a relaxation of coronavirus measures, following a surge in cases in the region. "We are at a critical threshold in our region," the WHO's Middle East head, Ahmed...

Geneva, June 29, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic is "not even close to being over", the WHO warned Monday, as the global death toll passed half a million and cases surge in Latin America and the United States. In another grim milestone, the number of infections...