Yemen's Houthi said in a statement on Sunday it was ready for a broader ceasefire if "the Saudi-led coalition wants peace".

Bahraini people from all walks of life once again poured into the streets across the Persian Gulf country to voice their outrage over the Manama regime’s continued crackdown and condemn the planned sham elections, local reports said.

A senior UN official for humanitarian affairs met with an Iranian foreign minister special assistant about the conflicts in the Middle East and ways to help the war-hit people of Yemen in particular.

The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, US media reported on Friday, a finding that contradicts Saudi government assertions that he was not involved.

“It was just like tickling a ghost”. It is a remark expressed with desperation by Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program David Beasley following his return from a three-day visit to Yemen, where he saw for himself the suffering of Yemeni children.

London Metropolitan Police arrested over 85 protesters following large scale demonstrations which saw activists block off five of London’s major bridges as part of a "day of rebellion" over climate change.

Egyptian police and National Security Agency (NSA) forces have conducted a mass arrest campaign, rounding up at least 40 human rights workers, lawyers, and political activists since late October 2018, Human Rights Watch said today.

A woman died during demonstrations against rising petrol and diesel prices and government plans to further hike the tax on vehicle fuel in France.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei lauded the bond between Iranian and Iraqi nations, and underlined the necessity for safeguarding unity among Iraqi groups.

By: Caleb Maupin, political analyst and activist based in New York