Nine years of conflict have left two-thirds of Yemen’s 31.5 million people in acute need of humanitarian and protection services, and nearly 13 million people require urgent humanitarian health care, the World Health Organization warned Friday. “Recent political talks have raised new...

CHICAGO (AP) — Twitter has long been a way for people to keep track of tornado watches, train delays, news alerts or the latest crime warnings from their local police department. But when the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification check marks this week from accounts...

At least 78 people were killed and more than 150 were injured late Wednesday in a stampede in Yemen’s capital. Dr. Mutahhir Murshid, chairman of the board of Sevre Hospital in Sana’a, told al-Masirah television that the crowd surge took place during the distribution of financial aid...

Israel will impose a 3-day lockdown on the Palestinian territories as of April 24 for the upcoming Memorial Day and Independence Day celebrations. The closure is set to begin on Monday, April 24, at 5 p.m. and last until Wednesday, April 26, at 11:59 p.m. A military statement said border...