DUBAI( Reuters)-The chief negotiator for Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Sunday it would be futile to hold talks with the United Nations new special envoy for Yemen without movement on the group's key conditions under stalled peace efforts. The appointment of Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg on Friday as the new U.N. envoy comes as the United Nations and United States struggle to secure a breakthrough to end more than six years of war between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition t

TRIPOLI( Reuters)-Italian student Edoardo Arione felt" a little afraid" when he joined a rare tourist group trip to Libya this month but he said he soon enjoyed the visit to desert cities and Roman ruins in a country unsettled by years of chaos.... The landscape is just beautiful and so different from place to another," said Farina Del Francia, 64, another of the tourists.... Libya has a rich heritage, including desert architecture in the south some of the Mediterranean region's finest ancient

REUTERS/ Ismail Zitouny/ File Photo Libya has had little peace and few tourists since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising against Muammar Gaddafi that unleashed a decade of violent unrest as armed groups seized control of territory and battles raged in its cities.“ My impression is the country is amazing.... Half the group also visited the Roman city of Sebratha.... In a sign of how difficult such visits remain in Libya, it had to postpone it because of war in 2019. Reporting by Ahmed Elumami, editi

The Biden administration pulled back Friday from a Trump-era claim that detainees at the Guantánamo Bay wartime prison in Cuba have no due-process rights under the Constitution.... During the Trump administration, the Justice Department argued that Hela had no due-process rights, and a conservative-tilted appeals court panel used the case to declare that the due-process clause does not apply to any detainee.... The brief is said to assert that he meets the criteria to be held as a wartime pris

The warring sides in Yemen's seven-year conflict have for the first time in years agreed a nationwide truce, which would also allow fuel imports into Houthi-held areas and some flights operating from Sanaa airport, the UN envoy said on Friday. The UN-brokered deal between a Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi group aligned with Iran is the most significant step yet towards ending a conflict that has killed tens of thousands and pushed millions into hunger.... The last coordinated cessation of ho

Several shipping companies, including MSC, Maersk, Euronav and the Evergreen Group, have said they are also avoiding the Suez Canal as militants target cargo vessels. Roughly 10 percent of all maritime oil trade goes through the Red Sea — which connects to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal.... However, at this time it remains difficult to determine exactly when this will be.” Who are the Houthis and why are they attacking ships in the Red Sea?... 19, the Houthis hijacked a commercial ve

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the strikes “ targeted sites associated with the Houthis’ unmanned aerial vehicle, ballistic and cruise missile, and coastal radar and air surveillance capabilities ”.... A joint statement by the United States, Britain, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and South Korea said the “ aim remains to de-escalate tensions and restore stability in the Red Sea ”....