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 …

Tunis -The Tunisian army fought militants in the west of the country on Saturday in clashes that left a soldier wounded, the defence ministry said. “A soldier was wounded during an exchange of fire [on] Saturday morning between army units and a terrorist group at Jabal Samama” in the Kasserine …