At least 18 people have been killed in clashes between Arabs and Berbers around the Algerian desert town of Ghardaia, with several businesses and homes burned down, medical sources and state media said on Wednesday.

The recent Group of Seven (G7) summit meeting in Schloss Elmau (Germany) took place in a global context marked not only by the proliferation of crises – from the Russian seizure of Crimea and the advent of the Islamic State to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and heightened tensions …

Tunisia said it started deploying armed police around tourist sites yesterday after last week’s massacre at a beach resort, as authorities finished identifying all 38 people killed in the jihadist attack. Britain said it was transporting home eight bodies of its nationals killed in the assault, with Tunisia’s health ministry …