In a recent video, Tomislav Salopek said he would be killed in 48 hours if Egyptian authorities did not comply with militants' demands.
Britain's Sunday Times newspaper and Germany's ARD/WDR broadcaster said they had obtained the secret data from the global athletics governing body, the IAAF.
"This agreement will bring a step, an important step in the road of peace in Libya," U.N. Special Envoy Bernardino Leon told the ceremony attended by Arab and Western diplomats.
Balkan states are attempting to track down Islamic State militants, but they can’t keep up with the number of people flowing into the region from Turkey.
Two men were given jail time and a fine for kissing each other to protest strict anti-gay laws in Morocco.
Turkish Airlines has grounded or rerouted multiple flights because of similar threats during the past month.
Morocco has a strict anti-gay law that sends those in violation to jail for three years.
Chuck Blazer confessed in 2013 to taking bribes to support bids for the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, according to court documents released Wednesday.
Lassa fever is endemic to parts of West Africa also affected by the ongoing Ebola epidemic, but is rarely seen in the U.S.
Economists at the International Monetary Fund released new research that examines how an outsized financial sector harms the economy.
The proposal comes at a time when migrant flow from North Africa, especially Libya, is increasing by the month.
The news comes a day after Houthi fighters in Yemen accepted a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by Saudi Arabia.
Every year, thousands of migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan African nations, risk their lives attempting to cross into Ceuta and Melilla.
There are about 1.6 million Muslims living in Spain, representing about 3 percent of the population. Many hail from nearby Morocco, Algeria or Tunisia.
ABC refuted a CBS News article saying the former president's plane had to make an emergency landing in Tanzania Wednesday.
The Airbus A320, carrying 97 passengers on board, left a trail of sparks and smoke as it landed.
Peter Schweizer is the writer behind a highly anticipated book about the Democratic presidential candidate.
10 entrepreneurs -- addressing obstacles in education, infrastructure, health and other areas -- are finalists for an innovation prize.
The Monday attack on the Moroccan embassy is the latest strike by ISIS against foreigners, embassies or oilfields in the country.
Despite opposition across the Muslim world to visiting the Jewish state, Muslim visitors are flocking to Israel.
Surviving Spanish adventurers are hospitalized after falling "several hundred meters" in an unforgiving environment.
According to the report, a large number of foreign fighters were from Tunisia, Morocco, France and Russia.
