Yemen's government will need billions of dollars in external support to finance its 2019 budget and avoid another currency collapse in addition to $4 billion in aid, U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock said on Tuesday. Lowcock said he had discussed the balance of payments deficit and the need...

Yemeni Houthi officials are expected to travel to Sweden shortly for talks as early as Wednesday to end the nearly four-year-old war after the Saudi-led coalition allowed the evacuation of some of their wounded for treatment.  Prospects for convening talks have risen as Western...

Qatar will withdraw from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as of January, the country’s energy minister announced on Monday.  Speaking at a press conference, Saad al-Kaabi said the decision comes after Qatar reviewed ways in which it could improve its...

Yemeni officials say some 50 rebels wounded in fighting will be flown to neighboring Oman for treatment. Their planned evacuation Monday on an Ethiopian Airways flight from Sanaa would meet one of the conditions set by the Houthi rebels to participate in peace talks in Sweden later this...