The UN special envoy for Syria said Tuesday he hopes that talks on drafting a new constitution for the country can be held in late August, warning the war-torn nation has plunged into economic crisis with rising fears among its people. Geir Pedersen told the UN. Security Council that a...

An airstrike from the Saudi-led coalition struck a vehicle carrying civilians in northern Yemen Monday, killing 13 people, including four children, according to the Houthi rebels. Yemeni tribal leaders, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, confirmed that Saudi warplanes...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres removed a Saudi-led military coalition from a UN blacklist Monday, several years after it was first named and shamed for killing and injuring children in Yemen. Guterres wrote in his annual report to the UN Security Council Monday that the coalition...

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh said Sunday he had decided against the use of more external debt and that all new expenses that arise for the country would be funded only through internal loans. He said that he will freeze increases in the wages of public employees because of the...