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60 hostages dead, missing in Algeria standoff
About 60 foreign hostages are still unaccounted for three days into a bloody siege with Islamic militants at a gas plant deep in the Sahara, Algeria's ...
Nations fume, quietly, over Algerian hostage raid
Nations with hostages in Algeria have reacted with muted anger to the North African country's decision to launch a military rescue mission without ...
Hostages from at least 10 nations in Algeria
Islamic militants said they captured 41 foreign hostages at a natural gas complex in the Algerian desert. Some were killed in an Algerian military ...
Algeria: Army rescues hostages, toll unclear
Algerian helicopters and special forces stormed a gas plant in the stony plains of the Sahara on Thursday to wipe out Islamist militants and free ...
US slams hostage-taking; Clinton to call Algeria
The Obama administration appeared to be in the dark Thursday about a hostage situation at a natural gas plant in Algeria, where Algerian forces ...
Cameron delays Europe speech amid Algeria crisis
Prime Minister David Cameron is postponing a key speech about Britain and the EU because of the hostage crisis in Algeria, officials said Thursday.
Belfast tears of joy as 1 Algerian abductee freed
Stephen McFaul's loved ones say they cannot believe he's escaped unharmed from the Algerian hostage crisis — and never want him to work in the energy ...
FBI director in Libya to review Benghazi probe
The FBI director met with top Libyan officials on Thursday to discuss the probe into last year's killing of the U.S. ambassador in Benghazi where ...
Foreign oil workers evacuated from Algeria
Spanish, Norwegian and British oil companies were evacuating workers from Algerian energy facilities Thursday following the hostage-taking by Islamic ...
Moammar Gadhafi's son appears in Libyan court
The imprisoned son of slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi made his first appearance on Thursday in a local court on charges of harming state security, ...
Egypt's ex-VP named ambassador to the Vatican
Egypt's president has appointed his former deputy as the country's ambassador to the Vatican. Mahmoud Mekki's appointment came in a brief statement ...
South Sudan withdraws from border with Sudan.
South Sudan says it is withdrawing its troops from a disputed border region with Sudan so that a demilitarized zone can be established. The decision ...
Death toll in Egypt building collapse rises to 26
Egyptian health officials say the death toll in the collapse of an eight-story apartment building in the coastal city of Alexandria has risen to 26.
Oil up toward $95 amid Algerian hostage standoff
The price of oil rose closer to $95 a barrel on Thursday as Islamic militants took hostages at a natural gas plant in Algeria and U.S. crude supplies ...
Spanish company evacuates workers in Algeria
Spanish energy company Cepsa says it has evacuated an unspecified number of workers from two oil facilities it operates in Algeria following the ...
Algeria mulls international force for hostages
Algeria's government searched desperately Thursday for a way to end a desert standoff with Islamic militants who have taken dozens of foreigners ...
Egypt's Morsi tries to defuse flap over Jews slur
Egypt's Islamist president sought Wednesday to defuse Washington's anger over his past remarks urging hatred of Jews and calling Zionists "pigs" and ...
Collapse of apartment building in Egypt kills 25
An eight-story apartment building collapsed Wednesday in the port city of Alexandria, killing at least 25 people in the second deadly accident to hit ...
Egypt's Mubarak pays back $3 million for gifts
Ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family will pay back around $3 million for gifts they received from a state newspaper while he was still in ...
Its allies reluctant, France goes it alone in Mali
France's allies have offered vocal support for the country's military operation in Mali, but when it comes to sending troops or weapons, they are ...