October 29, 2018 Female suicide bomber 'blew herself up' in Tunisia capital, at least 9 injured A suicide bomber blew herself up on a busy Tunis avenue on Monday afternoon, killing herself and wounding nine other people, mostly police officers, Tunisia's Interior Ministry said.
October 29, 2018 Female suicide bomber wounds 9 in Tunisia's capital A female suicide bomber wounded nine people, mostly police officers, on a busy avenue in Tunisia's capital on Monday afternoon, authorities said.
October 26, 2018 Israeli fire kills 4 at Gaza border protest Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinian youths Friday, Gaza's Health Ministry said, a deadly escalation after two prior weekly protests along the perimeter fence between Gaza and Israel saw no fatalities.
October 26, 2018 South Sudan peace deal bumpy as rebel leader doesn't return South Sudan's government is spending millions of dollars next week to celebrate a "final final" peace deal to end a five-year civil war.
October 25, 2018 UN investigators check weapons seized by US Navy ship The huge pile of rusting AK-47 assault rifles is tucked into a corner below the deck of the USS Jason Dunham, serving as a grim reminder of how hard it is to catch weapons smugglers believed to be trafficking arms into Yemen.
October 25, 2018 Ethiopia elects 1st female president; 'sets the standard' Ethiopian lawmakers on Thursday unanimously elected the country's first female president, days after approving one of the world's few "gender-balanced" Cabinets.
October 25, 2018 AP PHOTOS: In Morocco, tribal tattoos fade with age, Islam In Morocco's Middle Atlas mountains, an ancient tradition is fading.
October 24, 2018 Algeria sparks outrage by becoming the latest Muslim country to ban face veils for public sector workers Leaders of Muslim country Algeria have sparked outrage by banning female public sector staff from wearing full-face veils at work.
October 24, 2018 Polygamy persists across Africa, to activists' dismay The suspicion of a third wife was planted in Irene Atenyo's mind when her husband could not account for his most recent pay.
October 24, 2018 Saudi prince joins pantheon of incendiary Arab rulers' sons They rose to positions of unbridled power because of their bloodline, and those who fell, sometimes in a grisly manner, did so because of what they had done in the family name.