The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) yesterday appealed for a record $2.5 billion in urgent funding to provide life-saving aid to 39 million children in the Middle East and North Africa during 2021. UNICEF said in a statement that the amount "includes an increase of nearly US$ 500...

 Turkey on Tuesday condemned the interception of one of its ships by eastern-based Libyan forces in the Mediterranean, saying it must be allowed to resume its journey to western Libya and warning of possible reprisal. Khalifa Haftar’s eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) said on...

Israeli forces have demolished a number of Palestinian homes and detained 16 people in the occupied West Bank, an official said on Tuesday. "The [Israeli] occupation army demolished five homes in the town of Ras Al-Auja in the Jordan Valley," mayor Salah Freijat told Anadolu Agency. He...

Two protesters were shot dead on Tuesday in renewed demonstrations against Kurdish political parties in the northern, Kurdish-run region of Iraq, two local officials said. The officials, including a health source, said one protester had been shot dead by guards of the headquarters of the...