Algerian army troops on Monday killed six terrorists in El Oued province, 715 km southeast of Algiers, near the border with Tunisia, Defense Ministry said in a statement. As many as five Kalashnikov submachine guns, three FMPK machine guns, an automatic pistol, two SUV vehicles and a large quantity of …

Cairo – Militants killed 13 Egyptian policemen in an attack on Saturday on a checkpoint south of northern Sinai’s provincial capital of el-Arish, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said. A Sinai-based Islamic State affiliate has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a statement circulated on social media. The Associated Press …

Tunis – A Tunisian court has sentenced ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to 10 years in jail for abuse of power, the prosecution said on Friday, in the latest case against him. The exiled former dictator was on Thursday found guilty in absentia of “using his position to …