Algerians are watching the collapse of oil prices with alarm as the energy markets on which the North African nation relies for most of its export revenues have been plunged into turmoil by the coronavirus crisis. The oil and gas producer has burnt through more than half its foreign...

Russia on Tuesday urged the European Union to get UN Security Council approval for its military operation to enforce the arms embargo on Libya. The EU's unwillingness to brief the UN on the details of the operation “raises questions,” said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking via...

Mexico raised its health emergency level following a rapid increase in novel coronavirus cases and fears the health system could collapse, the government said on Tuesday. Health Undersecretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell said the country was moving to "phase three" of its response to the deadly...

At least seven people have been killed and 85 injured in flash flooding in Yemen this month, the U.N. said Tuesday, as the coronavirus threat also looms over the war-torn nation. Yemen announced its first case of COVID-19 on April 10, and aid organisations have warned that its health system...