More than 600 people have been arrested and troops have been deployed after a third consecutive night of riots in several Tunisian cities, officials said Monday.

Some 150 Yemeni pro-government soldiers and Huthi rebels have been killed in a week of fighting south of the strategic port city of Hodeida, military sources said Monday.

Dubai-based airline Emirates on Monday launched a coronavirus vaccination programme for its staff based in the UAE, seeking to bolster the tourism sector.

Israel's military said Monday its fighter planes struck Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip after Palestinians fired rockets at the Jewish state.

An Australian father and son have been released after almost six months in detention on unknown charges in Qatar, multiple sources said Sunday.

U.S. Air Force B-52H "Stratofortress" aircrews “successfully completed a presence patrol” in the Middle East on Sunday, marking the second such mission of 2021, the U.S. Central Command said.

The Israel Prison Service said Sunday it will begin vaccinating all incarcerated people against Covid-19, including Palestinians, following calls from right groups, Palestinian officials and Israel's attorney general. 

Tunisian security forces arrested dozens of young people during consecutive nights of disturbances in the capital and other cities, a government spokesman said Sunday.

Dozens of Sudanese protesters burned the Israeli flag Sunday during a rally against Khartoum's recent signing of a deal on normalizing relations with the Jewish state, an AFP correspondent reported.

Tunisia's Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has announced a major cabinet reshuffle affecting 12 ministries, in the wake of high-profile sackings.