Rights groups Wednesday called for a "robust" response to a U.N. expert's allegations that people she met during a visit to Egypt faced harassment, intimidation and other reprisals afterward. A statement signed by six organizations including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International...

With 24 hours left before the scheduled close of U.N.-brokered talks on Yemen, mediators pushed Wednesday for a truce between warring parties as a crucial step to allowing aid deliveries. Mediators are seeking a deescalation of violence in two flashpoint cities: rebel-held Hodeida, a...

A 4-year-old Palestinian boy has died after being injured during clashes between the Israeli army and protesters along the Gaza border, the Health Ministry in Gaza said. "Ahmed Abu Abed, aged four years and eight months, died as a result of the wounds he received last Friday east of...

Egyptian authorities have released a prominent activist and blogger who had criticized the government after more than seven months of detention. Lawyer Gamal Eid says his client, Wael Abbas, was freed late Tuesday, more than a week after a court ordered his conditional release. Eid says...