Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Tuesday that he was not mandated to normalize ties with Israel and the issue should not be linked to Sudan's removal from a US state sponsors of terrorism list. Pompeo arrived from Israel on what he said was...

Al-Qaeda blew up a medical center in war-torn Yemen Tuesday, 10 days after executing a dentist it accused of guiding US drone strikes against its militants. The clinic in the Somaa district of Al-Baida province was where the dentist worked before his execution, a local official told AFP....

Tunisia's prime minister-designate on Tuesday unveiled the country's second government in six months, which must now seek approval from lawmakers incensed by how the administration was formed.  Hichem Mechichi had previously declared his intention to form a cabinet dominated by...

Tunisia’s premier-designate plans to gather the ministries of finance, investment and state property into a single department to be led by economist Ali Kooli under plans to revamp government and revive the economy, political sources said. Hichem Mechichi, a political independent, is...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to visit Sudan in the coming days, Sudanese and U.S. officials said on Sunday. Sudan has been normalising relations with the United States since the overthrow of former leader Omar al-Bashir in April 2019 but is still seeking removal from a list of...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen intercepted and destroyed early Sunday an explosive-laden drone over Yemeni airspace that was launched by Iran-aligned Houthis towards the kingdom, state news agency (SPA) reported quoting Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki.

A cargo plane hired by the UN food agency crashed in South Sudan’s capital on Saturday morning, killing seven people and injuring one more, the country’s transport minister said. Speaking to Anadolu Agency over the phone, Madut Yel Biar said five passengers and three crew were on board...

Libya’s High Council of State on Saturday lauded Turkey and Qatar’s role in ending warlord Khalifa Haftar’s offensive on Tripoli and in western parts of the country. In a statement after Friday’s cease-fire call by the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the pro-Haftar parliament,...

The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has welcomed a ceasefire announcement in Libya, the UAE news agency WAM reported Saturday. GCC Secretary General Nayef Falah Mubarak al-Hajraf called on all parties "to adhere to [this] constructive step, to urgently engage in political...

More than 100 Ghanaians stranded in Tripoli have returned home on the first voluntary migrant repatriation flight from Libya since the coronavirus pandemic began, the UN migration agency said Friday. Most of the 118 passengers on the charter flight from the Libyan capital to Accra were male...

Libya’s UN-supported government Friday announced a cease-fire across the country and called for demilitarizing the contested strategic city of Sirte, which is controlled by rival forces. In a separate statement, Aguila Saleh, speaker of the rival east-based House of Representatives, also...

The Saudi-led coalition Thursday evening intercepted a missile and an explosive-laden drone launched by Yemen's Houthi group towards the kingdom's southern region close to the Yemeni border, Saudi state TV reported Friday. Yemen has been locked in conflict since 2014 when the Iran-aligned...

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it intercepted and downed a booby-trapped drone towards the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the state news agency said Thursday. Cross-border attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi forces have escalated since late May, when a truce prompted by the coronavirus pandemic...

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....

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, visiting war-torn Libya's capital Monday, warned of a "deceptive calm" since fighting has stalled around Sirte, the central hometown of fallen dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Outside powers are "continuing to massively arm the country," Maas, whose government...

Eleven Yemeni government troops, including a senior officer, were killed in a rebel missile attack and clashes to the northeast and east of Sanaa, military and medical sources said Monday. General Mohammed Ali-Roqn, commander of the army's 122 brigade, along with eight other soldiers were...

Al-Qaeda militants in war-torn Yemen executed a dentist accused of spying for the government and guiding US drone strikes targeting the Islamist extremists, a local official said Sunday. The jihadis shot Motthar al-Youssoufi, then crucified his corpse and left it outside his health centre,...