Germany on Monday urged UN Security Council members to adopt a resolution on Libya to stop continuing military attacks and violations of arms embargo in the war-torn country. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas deplored violations of the cease-fire...

 Yemen's Houthi rebels made gains Monday against government troops north and east of Sanaa, seizing a strategic road in deadly fighting, loyalist military officials told AFP. The pro-government sources said the rebels had captured the route that connects Sanaa to the provinces of...

Yemen's Houthi rebels said Monday they had transferred 64 child soldiers captured during fighting to a rehabilitation centre and planned to release them in two months. The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said it welcomed the move. Abdulqader al-Murtadha, the head of the Houthis'...

Acclaimed Tunisian blogger Lina Ben Mhenni, who chronicled the popular uprising that toppled longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, died on Monday aged 36 after a long illness, her family said. Despite the risks, Ben Mhenni for years spoke out against the Ben Ali regime through...