World Mar 25 Stuck ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide A skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear, authorities said.
World Mar 10 Libyan lawmakers confirm interim unity government Libyan lawmakers have confirmed a newly appointed interim government that's to lead the war-wrecked country through elections at the end of the year.
World Mar 03 Yemen’s rebels say latest U.S. sanctions will prolong the war Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels Wednesday warned that the U.S. sanctions imposed the previous day on two of their military leaders would only prolong the conflict in the impoverished Arab country.
World Mar 01 U.N. chief says appeal for Yemen raises ‘disappointing’ $1.7 billion U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Monday for countries to "consider again what they can do to help stave off the worst famine the world has seen in decades."…
World Feb 28 UN warns of mass famine in Yemen ahead of donor conference The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, said the risk of large-scale famine in the Arab world’s poorest country “has never been more acute,” adding that the years-long conflict, economic decline, and institutional collapse created enormous…
World Feb 21 Libyan interior minister survives attack on motorcade The interior minister of Libya’s U.N.-backed government survived an ambush by gunmen on his motorcade on Sunday, a brazen attack highlighting the towering challenges that remain for the newly appointed government that is trying to unite the country before elections…
World Feb 16 U.S. urges Yemen’s rebels to halt attack on central province The U.S. has urged Yemen's rebels to halt their attack on the central province of Marib, warning against exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the Arab world's poorest country.
World Feb 11 Despite Biden’s push, a difficult road to peace in Yemen Yemenis have suffered six years of bloodshed, destruction and humanitarian catastrophe, and they say it is too early to raise hopes in the new peace bid.
World Jan 06 Sudan says it signs pact on normalizing ties with Israel Sudan's Finance Ministry also said it had signed a "memorandum of understanding" with the U.S. for Washington to facilitate the payment of Sudan's debt to the World Bank.
World Dec 30 Yemeni officials: Blast at Aden airport kills 25, wounds 110 Security officials say a large explosion has struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there.