The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) on Monday accused Houthi rebels of "criminal behavior" in diverting humanitarian aid in war-stricken Yemen and threatened to end cooperation with them.

A UAE court on Monday upheld a 10-year jail sentence against award-winning human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor for insulting the state, Amnesty International said.

Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners including many women and dozens of minors in 2018 for belonging to the Islamic State group, the judiciary said on Monday.

Syria's nearly eight-year-old conflict saw its lowest annual death toll in 2018 as the regime reasserted its authority over swathes of territory, a war monitor said on Monday.

Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas have denied an allegation by Egypt's deposed president Hosni Mubarak that it infiltrated hundreds of men across the border during the 2011 uprising. 

Two right-wing Israeli government ministers have launched a new party aimed at winning over secular voters ahead of snap elections in April. 

A rescue helicopter crashed on Saturday in the emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah, killing all crew members, the United Arab Emirates state news agency WAM said.

Almost eight years into Syria's civil war, President Bashar al-Assad seems closer than ever to securing a comeback at home and in the Arab region, analysts say.

Yemeni rebels have begun to withdraw from the port of Hodeida, under a truce agreement, a U.N. official said, amid doubts over the handover process by pro-government forces.

Two Vietnamese tourists were killed Friday and 10 others wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their bus as it traveled close to the Giza pyramids in Cairo, Egypt's interior ministry said.