Abu Zakariya al-Tunisi was wanted in Tunisia, his homeland, for assassinating two politicians in 2013.
Four years into the war, regional and sectarian divisions have turned Syria into an international battleground.
Closer ties to the Islamic State group will likely mean more foreign fighters and media savvy for the Nigerian terrorists.
In a speech before the Security Council, the Libyan ambassador said the world has not done enough to stop the spread of terrorism.
The foreign ministers of Italy and Tunisia issued a joint call Wednesday for Libya's rival parliaments to reconcile.
Tunisian government forces are engaged in a campaign against several Islamist groups, including the Ansar al-Sharia.
A new survey draws a link between a country's economic status and its citizens' perception about local politics.
Li and her husband, who became HSBC clients in 2001, are beneficiaries of one client account that's linked to five bank accounts.
Data leaked by a former employee in 2007 reveal HSBC's Swiss arm helped clients dodge millions of dollars in taxes in their home countries.
That's how young French Muslims feel after the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.
Jabhat al-Nusra militants on Wednesday demolished the tomb of Imam Nawawi, a thirteenth-century Islamic scholar.
Habib Essid, who served as interior minister under Ben Ali, was selected after an agreement among political parties in the newly elected congress.
An Iraqi Ministry of Health spokesman said Mosul isn't capable of diagnosing Ebola patients.
Front-runner Beji Caid Essebsi was proclaimed the winner of the country’s presidential runoff election, with 55.68 percent of the vote.
"I dedicate my victory to the martyrs of Tunisia," Essebsi said in claiming victory.
The new law will ease prohibitions on abortion regulations in the country, allowing women to electively terminate their pregnancies during the first 12 weeks.
Beji Caid Essebsi's secularist Nidaa Tounes party claimed he was ahead in Sunday's election by at least 10 percentage points.
ISIS said it would mint its own silver, gold and copper coins, and launched the "Islamic State Financial System."
An audio message purported to be from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi does not prove he is indeed alive.
Burkina Faso's opposition is calling its uprising the "Black Spring," raising questions about possible upheaval in the rest of West Africa.
The large number of parties in Sunday's election, from conservative Islamist Salafist movements to Socialists, means a coalition is the probable outcome.
The TuNur project would channel 2,000 megawatts of clean solar power into Europe.
