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Death toll exceeds 200 in Tripoli fighting: WHO

Some 205 people have been killed, including 18 civilians, and 913 wounded in two weeks of fighting near the Libyan capital of Tripoli, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Shells slammed into a densely-populated district of Tripoli late on Tuesday, piling misery on...

UN tells Yemen parties to pull back from Hodeida

The UN Security Council on Thursday urged Yemen's government and Huthi rebels to pull back their forces from the key city of Hodeida "as soon as possible" in line with a ceasefire deal reached four months ago. The council warned in a unanimous statement that it will "monitor the parties'...

Sudan arrests brothers of ousted president

Sudan has arrested two brothers of ousted President Omar al-Bashir on corruption charges, a spokesman for the country's ruling Transitional Military Council said Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference in the capital Khartoum, Shams al-Din Kabashi said Abdullah and Alabas al-Bashir had...