Yemen’s Houthi group launched two drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s southern Abha airport, the Iran-aligned group’s military spokesman said on Thursday. A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said later on Friday that a Houthi drone targeting Abha had been...

Southern separatists and presidential guards fought for a second day Thursday in Aden, the seat of Yemen's government, with at least one person killed, residents said. That followed three deaths and nine injuries when gunfire erupted between the rivals Wednesday, complicating efforts to end...

 A senior official in Yemen's embattled government Thursday accused a southern separatist leader of "fomenting sedition" after his forces clashed with Yemeni troops near the presidential palace in Aden, as concerns rose about a new front in the country's devastating civil war. In a...

Sudan's ruling generals and protest leaders have made "strong pledges of commitment" to bring about a transition to a civilian-led rule, a US official said Wednesday. US Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale was speaking after meeting with Sudan's military ruler Abdel Fattah...

Two members of an Emirati-backed force in Yemen were killed Wednesday in clashes with pro-government fighters in the southern city of Aden, security officials said. They said the fighting broke out after the funerals of police personnel killed last week in the government-held port city....

At least 20 Houthi rebels have been killed in clashes with government forces in southern Yemen, according to the Yemeni army on Wednesday.  The army’s official website September Net said the violence took place in Dhale province on Tuesday when Houthi rebels attempted to advance on...

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is urging the nation to back his government's efforts to defeat Islamic militants, saying it's the mission of every Egyptian. Wednesday's appeal came after a car packed with explosives exploded earlier this week outside Egypt's main cancer hospital in...

Tunisia's biggest political party Ennahda named a candidate for presidential elections on Tuesday, the first time the moderate Islamist party has put up a nominee for the post since the country transitioned to democracy after the 2011 revolution. Party vice president Abdel Fattah Mourou,...

 Libya's internationally recognized government has allocated 40 million Libyan dinars ($28.5 million) for its defense ministry, it said Tuesday, stepping up spending to fend off an eastern offensive as the war enters a fifth month. The government also granted each of its soldiers 3,000...

Saudi Arabia has deposited $250 million into the central bank of Sudan to support its financial position, the Saudi Finance Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The deposit is part of a package with the United Arab Emirates worth $500 million announced in April. Both countries pledged...

The UN's human rights office on Tuesday accused southern Yemeni security forces of perpetrating "retaliatory attacks" against citizens from the country's north. "We have received information from multiple sources about arbitrary arrests and detention, forced displacement, physical assaults...

 Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said they launched air strikes early Tuesday against an airbase in third city Misrata held by government loyalists. "Our air force carried out several raids against the Misrata airbase, targeting anti-air defences as well as a Turkish...

 Aid groups have slammed the Arab coalition for its closure of the airport in Yemen's capital, saying it's prevented thousands of sick civilians from traveling abroad for urgent medical treatment. The Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE say the Sanaa airport's three-year closure has...

Forces of the eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) loyal to Khalifa Haftar struck Misrata’s air college early on Tuesday, a military source and resident said. Misrata is a coastal city that lies to the west of the capital Tripoli and is regarded the main base of the Western Libya forces loyal...

Canadian manufacturing group Bombardier announced on Monday it had signed a multi-billion dollar agreement to build two automated monorail lines in Egypt's notoriously congested capital Cairo. The $4.5 billion (4 billion euro) agreement, which was signed with Egypt's National Authority for...

A total of 20 people were killed and more than 35 others were wounded in an airstrike carried out by eastern Libyan forces led by commander Khalifa Haftar in the country’s southwest on Sunday, local media reported. The incident took place in Murzuq town and all the victims were from Tebu...

A formal signing ceremony of a power-sharing deal between rival sides in Sudan will be held on Aug. 17 in the presence of leaders of various countries. On Sunday, Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) and opposition alliance Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) initialed the...

At least 19 people have been killed when a speeding car driving against traffic crashed into three others causing a huge explosion in Cairo, the Egyptian health ministry said Monday. The car crash happened just before midnight Sunday outside the National Cancer Institute in central Cairo...

Sudan’s army rulers and protest leaders Sunday signed a hard-won constitutional declaration that paves the way for a promised transition to civilian rule following more than seven months of often deadly street rallies. The agreement, signed at a ceremony in Khartoum, builds on a...

Thousands of Sudanese celebrated an agreement concluded early on Saturday between the ruling military council and opposition.  Pro-democracy celebrators chanted slogans calling for civil rule, accountability for the killing of protesters and reforming and rebuilding the country. ...