Chad rebels due to take part in landmark talks with opposition groups and the military government on Saturday threatened to pull out citing "provocations and attempted aggression" by the government.
Red Cross chief Mardini on Iran visit talks Afghans’ plight
More than one million Afghans have sought refuge in Iran since the Taliban returned to power in August, according to Iran's state news agency IRNA.
Saudi hosts talks on Yemen war, but without Houthi rebels
Ahmed Al-Emad, a spokesman for the rebels' foreign ministry said that the recent meeting on Yemen conflict held in Riyadh "has nothing to do with the issue of peace."
Yemen war will have killed 377,000 by year’s end: UN
Most of those killed by the war's indirect effects were "young children who are especially vulnerable to under- and malnutrition."
Arab League urges ‘detente’ between Lebanon, Gulf states
The Arab League on Monday pressed for an easing of tensions between Lebanon and Gulf Arab states over a Lebanese minister's comments on the Yemen war. The diplomatic rift prompted Saudi Arabia and some of its allies to recall ambassadors and block imports from Lebanon.
