The baby son of a British teenager stripped of her citizenship after joining the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) armed group in Syria has died, according to a spokesman

Abuja, Nigeria - Millions of Nigerians are expected to cast their ballots on Saturday in local elections, two weeks after the country's presidential and legislative polls were marred by violence and fraud allegations. On

Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader.  Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election

ALGIERS:  Several lawmakers of Algeria's ruling FLN party have resigned to join mass anti-government protests, the private Ashourouq TV station said on Friday. Tens of thousands of Algerians defied heavily deployed riot police on Friday

CAIRO: Hundreds of protesters chanted anti-government slogans after leaving prayers at a major mosque near Sudan's capital on Friday, drawing tear-gas volleys from police, eyewitnesses said.The demonstration in the city of Omdurman, which started

JERUSALEM: Palestinians prayed at a building in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound Friday, defying Israeli efforts to bar access to that part of the flashpoint holy site.There have recently been scuffles between worshippers and Israeli

Pakistani authorities have begun a crackdown on groups it claims are linked to banned organisations. So far, more than 100 people have been arrested and the government's also seized more than 150 seminaries, schools

Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader.  Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election

Tens of thousands of Algerians have taken to the streets of the capital, Algiers, as part of the biggest rallies yet against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term. The latest protest on

In Iraq, people are living with fear and stigma because of their ties to ISIL. Families with links to ISIL have found it difficult to obtain identity cards, restricting their ability to move freely,