Yemeni authorities reported multiple coronavirus infections for the first time Wednesday, after the United Nations said it feared the disease could be spreading undetected in a country where millions face famine. The five new COVID-19 cases were detected in Aden, a southern port which is...

Turkey Wednesday accused Libya's strongman Khalifa Haftar of seeking to "create a military dictatorship" and vowed to "defend" the government in Tripoli. The oil-rich North African nation has been mired in chaos since the ouster and killing of long-time dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, with...

Tunisia will start relaxing its coronavirus lockdown next week, reopening parts of the food and construction sectors and allowing half of government employees to return to work, it said Wednesday. Its lockdown, in place since March, has stopped 25,000 cases of the virus and 1,000 deaths,...

Saudi Arabia's cabinet has urged Yemen's main separatist group, which has declared self-rule in the south, to abide by an agreement to end a previous standoff with the Saudi-backed government. The declaration by the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) Sunday, which included...