ALGIERS / AP German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Algeria as she seeks to enlist North African countries in Germany’s efforts against extremism and illegal migration. She’s expected to meet ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the prime minister and business leaders, and tour a girls’ school during the visit on Monday and Tuesday. Key concerns for Merkel are better cooperation …

  Reuters Profit-taking swept across most stock markets in the Middle East on Monday, with United Arab Emirates bourses particularly hard hit by slides in construction company Arabtec and energy business Dana Gas . Dubai’s Arabtec dropped by its 10 percent daily limit to a five-year low of 0.90 dirhams, falling below technical support at its December 2015 low of …

  Bloomberg European stocks were little changed amid deal activity, as gains in telecommunications firms led by Deutsche Telekom AG offset a slide in Unilever NV. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index added less than 0.1 percent at 11:45 a.m. in London, trimming earlier gains of as much as 0.5 percent. The volume of member shares traded was a fifth lower …