More than 16,000 Libyans have been displaced during recent battles that saw forces of the UN-recognised government wrest back control of western Libya from strongman Khalifa Haftar, the UN said Sunday. The UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a statement it was "alarmed by the harm...

Government forces captured the city of Ja'ar in Yemen's southern Abyan province on Sunday, according to a government source. The city fell to government forces after fierce clashes with fighters of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), which is backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE),...

The number of global novel coronavirus cases surpassed 6.91 million, while the death toll topped 400,000 mark on Sunday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The data showed that the worldwide number of recoveries exceeded 3.09 million. The US remains...

Istanbul residents flocked to the city’s shores and parks on the first weekend with no coronavirus lockdown, prompting a reprimand from the country's health minister who warned that the COVID-19 pandemic still poses a threat. Images on social media and in the news media showed crowds...