Forces from Yemen's Houthi movement Tuesday blocked a UN chartered ship carrying representatives of the internationally recognised government from leaving Hodeidah port, the government and a source familiar with the matter said. The ship was prevented from leaving for a second time by...

Confusion rippled through Britain Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a three-week virtual lockdown halting all non-essential activity to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. The measures came into force as the UK recorded its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 deaths so...

Russian authorities do not know the full extent of the coronavirus outbreak across the country and should step up measures to stem the pandemic, a top official said Tuesday. Russia, which shares a border with China and has a population of 144 million, has officially reported 495 cases of...

At least 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush on their convoy by militant fighters in the restive northeast, military and security sources said Tuesday. Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a lorry carrying troops as it travelled near Gorgi village in Borno state on...