Nobel Peace Prize boosts struggling Tunisian democracy
By PAUL SCHEMM, BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and KARL RITTER It was the fall of 2013 and Tunisia’s newfound democracy was in grave danger. The assassination of a left-wing politician had…
North Africa
The Latest: Al-Jazeera vows to free journalists in Egypt
Here are the latest developments in Egypt’s retrial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists (all times local) 3:45 p.m. The lawyer for Al-Jazeera English correspondent Peter Greste says his three-year jail…
APNewsBreak: Tunisia beach killer trained with museum gunmen
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA The young college student that murdered 38 tourists in a Tunisian seaside resort was in a jihadi training camp in western Libya at the same time…
Libya: Unclear if US strikes killed al-Qaida leader
By SARAH EL DEEB and LOLITA C. BALDOR A Libyan military spokesman said Monday that three foreigners were among a number of militants killed in U.S. airstrikes in eastern Libya,…
Mali: 3 dead in rocket attack on UN base in Kidal in north
By BABA AHMED BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Three people including a U.N. soldier were killed and 14 wounded in a rocket attack early Sunday on a U.N. base in Mali’s…
Italy to weigh military action in Libya if diplomacy fails
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Italy would weigh participating in any military intervention to keep forces from the Islamic State group from advancing in Libya should diplomatic efforts fail, Italian officials said…
Video purports to show IS militants beheading hostages
By ASHRAF KHALIL AND MAGGIE MICHAEL A video purporting to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages was released Sunday by militants in Libya affiliated with the Islamic State…
Spanish police arrest 4 suspected members of a jihadi cell
By HAROLD HECKLE Spanish National Police arrested four suspected jihadis Saturday in the country’s North African enclave of Ceuta who allegedly had formed a terror cell and were ready to…