By AFPThe UN envoy for Yemen said Monday he was encouraged by what he called an intensification of diplomatic efforts to arrange a new truce in the eight-year war there, saying there was "a possibility that should not be wasted."But special envoy Han...

By AFPEthiopia's government and the rebel authorities in the Tigray region said Wednesday they had signed a deal to cease hostilities after two years of brutal conflict.Here are some of the reactions from around the world:- 'Welcome first step' -Unit...

After the six-month truce in Yemen expired last Sunday, the fear of a return of violence is spreading among the people in the war-torn country.Yemen's warring parties failed to renewthe UN-brokered truce deal, dashing the hopes of someYemenisfor a br...

By AFPUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged a fresh extension of a fragile truce in Yemen, saying it had improved lives in the war-ravaged nation.Meeting ahead of the UN General Assembly with Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen's presidenti...

By AFPThe United Nations envoy to Yemen on Wednesday deplored an attack by the Huthi rebels against government positions that killed 10 three days earlier near Taez in the country's southeast."I condemn the attack... on Sunday night... that left a nu...

By AFPThe US State Department announced Thursday that its special envoy to Yemen will travel to the Gulf region this week to help extend the truce in the war-torn nation.Tim Lenderking will travel to the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Saudi Arabia st...

By AFPFuel trucks entered Gaza as an Egypt-brokered truce between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants held Monday, raising hopes that the intense conflict that left dozens of Palestinians dead has ended.An AFP journalist at the goods crossing to south...

By AFPYemen's warring parties agreed to extend a four-month long truce just hours before it was due to expire, the UN envoy announced Tuesday, vowing to "intensify" efforts to secure lasting peace.Yemen has been gripped by conflict since the Iran-bac...

By AFPThirty aid agencies working in war-torn Yemen on Monday called on rival forces to extend a four-month long truce helping millions of struggling civilians, one day before it expires.Yemen's conflict, pitting the Saudi-backed government against I...

By AFPA truce has brought respite to Yemen after seven years of devastating war, but the blockage of roads remains a "major" humanitarian concern, a UN official has warned.Yemen's conflict pitting the Saudi-backed government against Iran-backed Huthi...

The United Nations special envoy to Yemen called on rebel Huthis on Tuesday to agree to reopen roads into the besieged city of Taez in the southwest of the war-torn country, during a meeting of the UN Security Council."It is critical that this truce,...

US President Joe Biden praised the announcement of the extension of the UN-brokered truce in Yemen for additional two months on Thursday, praising the regional diplomatic efforts by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and Oman to achieve the truce.“This tru...