France welcomed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with a cavalry parade through Paris on Monday, but the countries’ hopes of nurturing ties on the trip were overshadowed by a furore over Cairo’s rights record. Both states - which share concerns about instability across the Sahel,...

Libyan Defense Minister Salahaddin Namroush has threatened to withdraw from a ceasefire agreement in Libya over practices of warlord Khalifa Haftar. "We warn the UN and peace-supporting countries that if they don't curb war criminal Haftar and stop his recklessness, we may withdraw from the...

The UN said Saturday that at least 139 civilians have been killed or injured since October in western Yemen. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 74 civilians were killed or wounded in October and 49 in November in Al Hudaydah province. And six workers...

 At least eight people were killed in the shelling of an industrial compound in Yemen's strategic port of Hodeida, the government said Friday, pointing the finger at the Iran-backed Huthi rebels. There has been an uptick in fighting in and around the lifeline port of the western city,...