Egypt has announced the lifting of some coronavirus restrictions, as a government spokesman said the country planned to jab 500,000 people a day so that 50 percent of the population was vaccinated by the end of this year...

Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland is holding its long-awaited parliamentary and local elections on Monday...

An extreme right-wing leader is on his way to lead an anti-Netanyahu coalition with partners ranging from left-wing parties to Joint Arab List...

The death toll from weekend attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has risen to at least 50, according to monitoring organization the Kivu Security Tracker (KST)...

Houthi authorities in Yemen have suppressed information about the dangers and impact of COVID-19 and undermined international efforts to provide vaccines in areas under their control, Human Rights Watch said today...

Hamas says the Gaza Strip is about to break the Israeli regime’s 2007-present siege on the Palestinian enclave...

In his last visit to Yemen, the UN envoy Martin Griffiths held a press conference in Sana'a International Airport...

Two senior officials from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) visited a remote Bangladeshi island Monday in the southern Bay of Bengal to assess the living conditions of more than 18,000 stateless Rohingya, according to official sources...

Russia will extend temporary restrictions on flights to Turkey until June 21 due to the serious coronavirus situation there, the country’s anti-coronavirus crisis center announced Monday...

One person was killed and more than 100 students were kidnapped in an armed attack Sunday on an Islamic school in central Nigeria’s Niger state...

At a time when support for the two-state solution is almost at its lowest level, we are now repeatedly hearing this term...

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri will return to Beirut within the next 24 hours, al-Mustaqbal Movement deputy head Mustafa Alloush said on Sunday...

North Korea on Monday criticized an agreement by the United States to end decades-long restrictions on South Korea's missile development, calling it "hostile" and a "blunder," and warning that it would exacerbate tensions on the Korean Peninsula...

A rugby-themed mass Covid vaccination set in the stadium home of the sport will jab as many as 15,000 people today...

Israeli opposition parties announced a plan Sunday to form a unity government to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Thousands of Colombians have marched in the capital city of Bogota to demand an end to violent protests and express support for security forces...

A member of Hamas’ Politburo says the Gaza Strip-based resistance movement has begun producing thousands of new rockets as the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian sliver’s arms factories spring back into action...

Kamala Harris paid tribute to fallen American service members on Sunday after getting excoriated for posting 'enjoy the long weekend' on Twitter without mentioning Memorial Day...

The World Health Organization (WHO) will send 5 million COVID vaccines to Venezuela in July, the country’s president announced Sunday...

Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians of all walks of life took to the streets to protest what they described as interference by the US administration...