A United Nations appeal for aid to Yemen to alleviate the world’s worst humanitarian disaster raised some $1.7 billion Monday— a result the U.N. chief called “disappointing.” At a virtual pledging conference co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio...

The United Nations was launching an appeal Monday for countries to fund its response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where more than six years of war has created the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. At the pledging virtual conference, co-hosed by Sweden and Switzerland, U.N....

The Jordanian government this week reinstated a nationwide Friday lockdown and extended the daily night curfew by two hours as a new measures to stem the spread of coronavirus. The Friday restrictions, originally implemented in October, have been brought back just weeks after being...

A leading rights group on Thursday accused Libyan authorities of failing to bring suspected war criminals to justice for their alleged role in crimes against humanity since 2011. Libya has not brought any suspects before the International Criminal Court in the 10 years since the North...