Yemen's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday it is suspending operations in the provisional capital Aden until calm is restored after separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates seized parts of the city over the weekend. "The Foreign Ministry regrets to announce that the work of its...

Flash floods caused by heavy rain have killed at least 46 people across Sudan in the past two weeks, a health official said Thursday. Health Ministry Undersecretary Suleiman Abdel Jabbar said the rain and floods have affected 16 of the country’s 18 states. Some 9,260 homes have been...

The U.N. refugee agency says Myanmar and Bangladesh are making a second attempt to start repatriating Rohingya Muslims after more than 700,000 of them fled a security crackdown in Myanmar almost two years ago. Agency spokeswoman Caroline Gluck said Friday that the Bangladesh government has...

An Iranian oil tanker is being reflagged and is preparing to sail to the Mediterranean, Iran's state television reported Friday, after Gibraltar decided to free the seized ship. "Based on the owner's request, the oil tanker Grace 1 will depart for the Mediterranean after being reflagged...