Eight people, including five children, have been killed and dozens injured in flash floods in Yemen's second city Aden, officials said Wednesday, as residents faced submerged streets and destroyed homes. The deaths take the national toll to at least 15 after the United Nations said that...

A group of multinational companies said Wednesday it was donating tens of thousands of coronavirus testing kits and medical equipment to Yemen, where a five-year war has destroyed the health system and left millions vulnerable to disease. Yemen, which has very limited testing capabilities,...

Sixty-eight people, mostly staff, have come down with the coronavirus at a prison in the southern Moroccan city of Ouarzazate, prison authorities said on Tuesday, without reporting any deaths. Earlier this month Morocco released 5,645 prisoners - some of them in poor health - to help reduce...

Russia on Tuesday urged the European Union to get UN Security Council approval for its military operation to enforce the arms embargo on Libya. The EU's unwillingness to brief the UN on the details of the operation “raises questions,” said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking via...