The World Food Program announced Wednesday cuts in food aid affecting about 190,000 impoverished Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank – half of all its recipients there, citing a severe funding shortfall. The U.N. agency said it would, as of Jan. 1, suspend food assistance to 27,000...

The Arab coalition fighting on the side of Yemen's government said it launched an airstrike Wednesday at the airport in the rebel-held capital Sanaa, destroying a drone. It is the first airstrike that the alliance has confirmed carrying out since a ceasefire was agreed at peace talks in...

The European Union is investigating a possible leak of information after a report that hackers targeted the bloc’s diplomatic communications for several years.  “We are aware of the allegations and actively investigating the issue,” said the bloc in a statement. ...

At least 26 elephants died, 11 others are suspected to have been poisoned in a wildlife reserve in southwestern Kenya in three months, a new report revealed on Wednesday. Released by the Mara Elephant Project (MEP), the report said the cause of the deaths in the Maasai Mara National...