As Egypt flexes its muscle with threats to intervene in Libya's civil war, its President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sought to join forces with some of the neighboring country's powerful tribes. Cairo hopes the alliances would boost its legitimacy if it were to wade into the battlefield...

At least 45 migrants and refugees perished off Libya this week in the deadliest shipwreck there so far this year, the United Nations said Wednesday. The UN agencies for refugees and migration said in a statement that 37 survivors from Monday's shipwreck, who were rescued by fishermen, said...

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has authorised a partial lifting of a months-long blockade of oil terminals to help ease power cuts, a military official loyal to him said. The reopening of oil terminals is taking place "on the instructions of... Khalifa Haftar", General Naji al-Moghrabi,...

A senior UN official warned Tuesday that war-torn Yemen is sliding toward famine as the coronavirus spreads and its economy implodes - all amid a funding crisis that is forcing the United Nations to make deeper aid cuts, including stopping treatment for 250,000 severely malnourished children....