Alexandre Bissonnette admitted Wednesday he is gunman who shot and killed six men during prayer at a Quebec City mosque last year. Bissonnette, 28, had pleaded not guilty Monday in front of Judge Francois Huot to the 12 charges – six of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder....

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group on Wednesday announced the release of nine of their fighters captured earlier by pro-government forces in a prisoner exchange.  Yemen’s Houthi-run SABA news agency reported that the nine captured fighters had been freed in a prisoner swap carried out...

Palestine’s Religious Affairs Ministry is urging Arabs and Muslims worldwide to rally to the defense of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque amid calls by Jewish groups to visit the site -- in large numbers -- during the upcoming Jewish Passover holiday. In a Wednesday statement, Religious...

Deposed Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi is being detained in conditions that fail to meet international standards and could lead to his premature death, according to a report released Wednesday by three British lawmakers. Morsi, who has a history of ill-health including diabetes,...