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Yemen’s Houthis have said they have retaliated after vowing to “meet escalation with escalation” following the United States air strikes against the group that killed at least 53 people. The rise in the death toll to 53 from the U.S. attack on Yemen was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Houthi-run...

The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced. “The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the forces of darkness and...

African leaders announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania, and Malawi who were sent to quell insurgencies in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where M23 rebels have killed some of the peacekeepers while overrunning the region this year. Troops from the three countries...

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is getting a first-hand look at the situation of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as fears mount of serious aid cuts across the world following Washington’s decision to shut down USAID operations. Bangladesh’s foreign affairs adviser, Touhid...

Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in a restive Ethiopian region at the center of the tensions have warned, risking another humanitarian disaster in the Horn of Africa. Direct clashes between two of Africa's largest armies would signal the death blow for a...

A powerful gang coalition has launched new attacks on Haiti’s capital, driving dozens of families from homes as police vowed to hold the gunmen back. Authorities evacuated students at a Catholic school in western Port-au-Prince as heavy gunfire continued in the area near the renowned Oloffson Hotel...

Palestinians described alleged abuses by Israeli forces and settlers—punched in the genitals, held for days while naked, starved—to independent UN-backed human rights investigators during hearings on the treatment of detainees during the war in Gaza. The Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied...

Ukraine has launched a “massive” drone attack on Moscow, killing at least three people and causing widespread damage. The barrage, proclaimed by Kyiv as the largest ever drone assault on the Russian capital, came as Ukraine prepares to present a plan for a partial ceasefire with Russia during talks...

Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan as fears grow that the country could descend into civil war. Kampala’s military chief announced that the troops had been sent to help “secure” Juba, the capital of Uganda’s northern neighbor. Tension between President Salva Kiir and First Vice...

Israel said that it was willing to defend Syria's Druze community following days of violence in Syria that a war monitor said led to mass killings of another religious minority. The violence began last week between fighters linked to Syria's new government and forces loyal to ousted President Bashar...