Saudi forces on Friday intercepted five drones launched by Iran-backed Yemeni rebels, the Arab military coalition said, in a second assault on an airport in the kingdom's southwest in two days. The drones targeted Abha airport, where a rebel missile Wednesday left 26 civilians wounded, and...

A rocket fired from Gaza Thursday hit a building in the Israeli border town of Sderot, its municipality said without reporting any casualties. The Israeli army, which said air raid sirens had been triggered in the south of the country, said a "projectile was fired from the Gaza Strip...

The United Nations said on Thursday it had confirmed the killing of 17 people and the burning of more than 100 houses in Deleij village in Sudan’s central Darfur region earlier this week. The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur also said 15 people were injured and the violence...

Attacks on two oil tankers on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman left one ablaze and both adrift, shipping firms said, driving oil prices up 4% over worries about Middle East supplies. The Front Altair was on fire in waters between Gulf Arab states and Iran after an explosion that a source...