Representatives of the warring parties in Libya meeting in Geneva have agreed on the principle of turning their shaky truce into a lasting ceasefire, the U.N.'s Libya envoy said Tuesday. "The principle has been adopted from the first session. Now the question is what are the conditions,"...

Military officers from rival factions in Libya's conflict began U.N.-led talks in Geneva on Monday aimed at securing a ceasefire after 10 months of fighting on the outskirts of the capital, Tripoli. The so-called "Libyan Joint Military Commission" includes five senior officers from eastern...

Armed men attacked a gas pipeline in the north of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula late on Sunday, security sources and witnesses said, but imports of gas through North Sinai from Israel were unaffected. Egyptian security forces have been battling an Islamist insurgency that is concentrated in...

Flights carrying patients in need of urgent medical attention will begin Monday to fly from the Yemeni capital Sanaa, aid and diplomatic sources said, a long-sought confidence-building measure in diplomatic efforts to end the five-year war. The United Nations and World Health Organization...