Yemeni Shi’ite rebels fighting in the north of the troubled Arabian Peninsula country warned of a “long war” on Wednesday after the government rejected a truce offer. “Since the authorities have rejected the initiative, we...

A Yemeni airliner with about 150 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago. “We don’t know if there are any survivors,” Comoros vice-president Idi Nadhoim told Reuters news agency. The Airbus 310...