Syrian regime forces seized a town on the edge of Idlib province Sunday, a monitor said, their first ground advance since resuming an offensive on the jihadist-dominated enclave more than three months ago.

A Saudi-led coalition launched Sunday a strike against southern separatists in Yemen after they seized the presidential palace in second city Aden in deadly fighting that threatened to deepen the country's humanitarian crisis.

Libya's government has said it is willing to accept a truce in fighting around Tripoli for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha that starts Sunday but on four conditions.

The Israeli army troops shot dead four Palestinians on the Gaza border early Saturday, one of whom had managed to cross and throw a hand grenade at troops.

A huge earthquake hits northern Israel, killing thousands and knocking out infrastructure -- this doomsday scenario was the premise for a multi-national naval drill this week.

The U.N. said Friday that it will resume food deliveries in areas controlled by Yemen's Huthi rebels, starting in the capital Sanaa next week, after a two month pause. 

The United Nations has called on forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government and a rival administration to commit to a humanitarian truce by midnight on Friday.

Yemen's rebel Houthis say the Saudi-led coalition they've been battling since 2015 has killed the brother of their leader.

The announcement by the rebel-run Interior Ministry in the capital, Sanaa, was posted on Friday on the rebel Almasirah website.

Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announced Thursday he would stand in presidential elections next month.

Renewed fighting in northwest Syria after a brief ceasefire has triggered "total panic," a top U.N. official said Thursday, warning that a possible government offensive in the area was "like playing with fire".