Saudi Arabia's cabinet has urged Yemen's main separatist group, which has declared self-rule in the south, to abide by an agreement to end a previous standoff with the Saudi-backed government. The declaration by the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) Sunday, which included...

The United States reported its millionth coronavirus case as hard-hit European countries took tentative steps towards lifting lockdowns, with masks mandatory in all German shops from Wednesday. Excitement over a move towards normality in many places was tempered by fear of new outbreaks and...

A Syrian state-produced television series has drawn fire from activists and Syrian opposition figures, for using as a prop a photograph of a young woman believed to have been tortured and killed by Syrian regime security forces. The period of Ramadan is usually the peak time for TV...

There is a “very real probability” the new coronavirus is circulating in Yemen, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning that an aid funding shortfall would compromise efforts to combat the virus in one of the most vulnerable countries. The war-damaged nation, whose population has...