Algeria's electoral body said on Friday that former prime minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune had won Thursday's presidential election with 58 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results. The final voter turnout was 40 percent, the electoral body's head said in a televised news conference   Details..>>

Several UN Security Council members have told Asharq Al-Awsat that they were “cautiously optimistic” on progress made in limiting tension in Yemen. The Council held on Thursday a closed-door session to hear briefings from United Nations Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary   Details..>>

 A year after Yemen's warring sides agreed to a UN-brokered truce for the key port city of Hodeida and its surroundings, peace remains out of reach. Fighting between the government -- backed by a Saudi-led military coalition -- and Iran-backed Houthis has subsided in western Hodeida provi   Details..>>

Several international aid groups warned on Thursday that the flashpoint Yemeni city at the heart of last year's peace agreement signed in Sweden remains the most dangerous place in the war-torn, impoverished Arab country. Fifteen aid agencies -- including the Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE In   Details..>>

A group of human rights organisations have filed a 300-page document to the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing European arms companies - including British giant BAE Systems - of being linked to war crimes in Yemen's brutal war. The human-rights groups, including Amnesty International   Details..>>

 The Saudi-brokered peace agreement between the Yemeni government and the pro-independence Southern Transitional Council will hold and will lead to institutional reforms in the government, Yemen’s Deputy Prime Minister Salem Al Khanbashi said. In an interview with The National at hi   Details..>>

Turkey’s foreign minister suggested Wednesday that the United States could be barred from using two strategic air bases in retaliation to possible US sanctions against his country, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. Mevlut Cavusoglu comments came amid reports that US lawmakers had ag   Details..>>

  Less than three days after a high-ranking Security Belt officer and a Yemeni Coast Guard marine were killed in the interim capital Aden, the Security Belt forces have increased troop levels in several Adeni neighborhoods. The Security Belt, loyal to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional C   Details..>>

        Iran will overcome US sanctions by either bypassing them or through negotiations, and it will not cross its red lines in any talks with arch-adversary Washington, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. Tensions have soared between Tehran and Washington   Details..>>

Lebanon does not expect new aid pledges at conference which France is hosting on Wednesday to press for the quick formation of a new government that can tackle an acute financial crisis. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian urged Lebanon to create a new government swiftly or risk the cri   Details..>>