In a goodwill gesture to end the eight-year-old war in Yemen between the Iranian-backed Houthi group and the Saudi-backed transitional government, a new deal for a truce and ceasefire is close to being reached.Saudi Arabia has dispatched a peace dele...

By AFPThe UN decried Tuesday the "alarming" rise in the number of Rohingya refugees lost at sea fleeing their Myanmar homeland or Bangladesh last year, warning more would die without concerted action.More than 3,500 Rohingya attempted sea crossings i...