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BENGHAZI, Libya – Witnesses and officials say Libya’s Islamic State affiliate has seized control of a neighborhood in the central city of Sirte, going door to door searching for members of a rival group it has been battling for days. Mohammed Hadia, a government committee member, said IS fighters are …

CAIRO – The Egyptian presidency says President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s mother has died and urges Egyptians to support public projects instead of paying for notices offering condolences on her passing. Monday’s statement didn’t say how old el-Sissi’s mother, Soad Ibrahim, was or give the cause of death. The 60-year-old el-Sissi has …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court say a lower panel of judges must reconsider its decision not to report Kenya to the court’s government body for failing to fully cooperate with prosecutors seeking evidence against the country’s president. Late last year the court’s chief prosecutor, …