Egypt says its forces have killed 13 suspected militants in a raid on a farm hideout.

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has suggested that Germany introduce Muslim public holidays in its official regional calendars.

Hundreds of pro-independence supporters in Catalonia are protesting outside a courthouse to demand the release of regional government officials arrested in a crackdown by Spanish authorities over a planned secession referendum.

A top Iraqi official says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has officially asked Baghdad to mediate talks between Riyadh and Tehran.

The Kenyan government says the interior minister, 68, died at a hospital in Nairobi, without elaborating on the cause of his death.

The families of five slain Bahraini activists slam as a crime the burial of their loved ones without being allowed to bid farewell to them.

An Iranian Interior Ministry official says over 20 million people have cast their ballots in the country's elections so far.

The Iranian Interior Ministry says it has reversed an earlier decision to announce the results of the presidential elections all at once.

A court has sentenced Habib al-Adly, Hosni Mubarak's last minister of interior, to seven years in prison for embezzlement of public funds.

The Philippine president sacks a key member of his cabinet over a corruption row.