Eurasia

The United Nations Security Council on Friday authorised UN countries to help eliminate Libya’s stockpile of chemicals that could be used to develop toxic weapons amid concern they could fall into the hands of militant groups. Libyan authorities told the global chemical weapons watchdog, the Organisation for the Prohibition of …

Egypt is hosting high-profile talks among Libya’s top political and military figures aimed at resolving the war-ravaged country’s political deadlock, officials said on Thursday. The head of Libya’s UN-brokered unity government, Fayez Al Serraj, has met over the past two days with Aqila Saleh, the head of the Libyan parliament. …

At least eight people were killed on Tuesday when two huge bombs went off near Mogadishu’s airport, including one close to the UN’s political office in the Somali capital, a security source said. An AFP journalist at the scene heard gunfire after the explosions tore through the area, one of …

Malian special forces arrested a senior figure from the Ansar Dine jihadist group on Tuesday close to a central military base where he is accused of planning an attack that killed 17 soldiers. “Today, at around 16:00 (16:00 GMT) our special forces captured Mahmoud Barry, alias Abou Yehiya,” one of …

President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday expressed Algeria’s condemnation of the terrorist attack perpetrated in a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray and its solidarity with France in such a tragic moment. “It is with strong emotion that I learnt the terrible news of the terrorist attack on a church in …

Algeria and Niger expressed, Wednesday in Algiers, their readiness and commitment to further strengthening their relations and foster cooperation in various fields. “We are very pleased about the quality of cooperation between Niger and Algeria, especially in the security field,” Niger’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Nigeriens …

Algerian security forces destroyed six suspected terrorist bunkers and three homemade bombs in three northern provinces on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The operation, in the provinces of Tizi Ouzou, Jijel and Skikda, was part of the fight against terrorism, the ministry said.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry flew to Washington on Tuesday evening to participate in the ministerial meeting of the international anti-Islamic State group coalition hosted by the United States, a statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry announced. According to statements by foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid, Shoukry is set …

Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel said Saturday in Nouakchott that Algeria in September will host an international conference on democracy in the struggle against violent extremism and terrorism. Speaking during the Arab Foreign Ministers Meeting, preparatory to the 27th Arab Summit in Nouakchott, Messahel …

Algerian counter-terrorism forces on Friday killed a terrorist in the upper woods of Boumerdes province, 55 km east of Algiers, the defense ministry said on Saturday in a statement. The militant was identified as B. Reda, alias Abu Shihab, who joined terrorist fiefs in 2006. An automatic gun, a grenade …