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2-year-old Yemeni boy whose mom sued US to see him has died

The 2-year-old son of a Yemeni woman who sued the Trump administration to let her into the country to be with the ailing boy has died, the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced. Abdullah Hassan died in UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland, where his father Ali Hassan...

Yemen rebels announce deal on Hudaydah aid delivery

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday announced a deal with the government to reopen a road between Sanaa and the port city of Al-Hudaydah to allow access to relief aid.   “An initial agreement has been reached between Houthi and government representatives to reopen the main road...

Rights groups decry 'crackdown' before Bangladesh polls

A day ahead of parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, over a dozen international rights groups on Saturday expressed concern over an increasingly “restrictive” environment. Sixteen advocacy group for human rights and democracy decried “the restrictive electoral environment...

Hamas denies Mubarak’s testimony on Egypt jailbreak

Palestinian group Hamas has denied the veracity of a testimony by former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak about the group’s involvement in a mass jailbreak in 2011.   In a court testimony in Cairo on Wednesday, Mubarak, 90, said 800 Hamas gunmen sneaked into Egypt during the 2011...