The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Monday calling for Libya’s feuding militias and security forces to unite and strengthen national security forces to defend the country from “terrorism.” The resolution encouraged the recently formed national unity government to finalise interim security arrangements to stabilise the country “as …

An Egyptian court has acquitted 52 protesters charged with taking part in anti-government demonstrations in April denouncing the president’s decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The state-run MENA news agency says a Cairo Misdemeanour Court on Tuesday freed the protesters, who were among thousands that …

The head of Libya’s unity government on Tuesday urged Libyans to rally behind forces battling to retake the city of Sirte from the Islamic State group. Prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj said advances by pro-government fighters in the jihadist group’s North African stronghold should be a model for “a national initiative …