Germany's foreign minister headed to Libya Thursday to persuade strongman Khalifa Haftar to join an international conference on the conflict, as the UN urged support for the peace initiative. Heiko Maas said the Berlin conference -- scheduled for Sunday -- was "the best chance in a long...

 Yemeni separatists and forces loyal to the country's UN-recognized government whose deadly infighting erupted last summer in the war-torn Arab country are pulling back from a key southern city, military officials said Thursday. The pullout, envisaged under a Saudi-brokered peace deal,...

Sudanese government forces succeeded late Tuesday in retaking control of all intelligence buildings in the capital following a revolt by armed former security agents linked to toppled ruler Omar al-Bashir.  Government forces raided all buildings belonging to the General Intelligence...

Widow Samirah Nasser and her eight children tried to return to their Yemeni village but were forced by relentless air strikes to return to the relative safety of a refugee camp. Shivering through yet another camp winter, she is one of 3.6 million Yemenis - around 12% of the population -...