The U.N. envoy to Yemen said Thursday the redeployment of rival factions in the key port city of Hodeida is "slow" but will happen. A cease-fire agreed on in December in Sweden by the rival parties is holding, Martin Griffiths told The Associated Press. The city has been the focus of months...

Venezuela's auditor general's office announced Thursday it has stripped opposition leader and speaker of congress Juan Guaido of the right to hold public office for 15 years. The move, announced by Auditor General Elvis Amoroso on state television, marked another effort by President Nicolas...

Sudanese police fired tear gas at protesters defying a nationwide state of emergency on Thursday, with demonstrations in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere, witnesses said. Protests and deadly clashes have rocked Sudan for more than three months, fuelled by accusations that the government...

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of central Algiers again on Thursday to demand the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and changes to the political system after the powerful army called for the veteran leader to be removed. The army chief of staff, Lieutenant General...