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January 16, 2017

Egypt court rules against handing islands to Saudi Arabia

An Egyptian court has ruled against the government's decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia — a landmark verdict likely to deepen tensions with the kingdom.

January 16, 2017

Bomb blasts at Nigeria's Maiduguri University kill 5

Witnesses say two bombs have exploded at Nigeria's northeastern University of Maiduguri, killing five people.

January 16, 2017

3 suicide bombers kill 2 on market day in northeast Nigeria

Witnesses say three suicide bombers have exploded at a checkpoint in Nigeria's northeastern town of Madagali, killing two self-defense fighters who challenged them.

January 16, 2017

Egypt drops case against mob that attacked Christian woman

Egyptian prosecutors have thrown out a case brought by an elderly Christian woman against several members of a Muslim mob who stripped off her clothes and paraded her naked on the streets.

January 15, 2017

Gambia president-elect in Senegal until inauguration

A Senegal official says the West African country is hosting Gambia's president-elect Adama Barrow until his inauguration on Thursday.

January 15, 2017

Pope demands protection for migrants as sea rescue continues

Pope Francis is demanding that "every possible measure" be taken to protect young refugees as he marks the church's World Day of Migrants a day after the latest Mediterranean migrant shipwreck.

January 15, 2017

Residents of Egypt's northern Sinai threaten protests

Egyptians in the restive northern Sinai city of al-Arish are threatening civil disobedience to protest against what they claim to be the extrajudicial killing of six youths by security forces.

January 15, 2017

South Sudan claims mandate has expired for more UN troops

South Sudan's government is claiming that the U.N.

January 15, 2017

Crisis warnings sound as EU gears up for new migrant wave

Tens of thousands of people seeking better lives are expected to trek across deserts and board unseaworthy boats in war-torn Libya this year in a desperate effort to reach European shores by way of Italy.

January 15, 2017

The Latest: 7 bodies of migrants found near Spain, off coast

The Latest on Europe's migrants crisis (all times local): 4:50 p.m.