Authorities imposed a lockdown in Iraq on Thursday amid increased precautionary measures to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country. Iraq took drastic measures to stem the spread of a new wave of COVID-19, including a 8pm- 5am curfew to be in place Mondays to Thursdays. A full...

The scale of violence in South Sudan is “a lot worse” than during the country’s five-year civil war, a United Nations commission announced Friday, accusing senior officials of supporting armed groups that at times have included tens of thousands of fighters. The new report by the...

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Yemen said Friday it was “extremely concerned” by the recent escalation of violence between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in in the oil-rich Marib province. “The ICRC urges all parties to the conflict to take every...

The United States says it has decided to “de-link” its suspension of millions of dollars of aid to Ethiopia from that country’s dispute with Egypt over a massive hydroelectric dam project. But the State Department early Friday said that does not mean all the roughly $272 million in...