The man who mowed down pedestrians on London's Westminster Bridge before killing a police officer outside Britain's parliament last year had taken steroids beforehand, a London court heard Monday. Last March Khalid Masood, 52, killed four people on the bridge before, armed with two...

Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held talks in Turkey Monday with his chief ally President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as tensions again surged between the emirate and its regional foes. The talks, announced only hours in advance, got under way at Erdogan's presidential palace in the...

Yemen's Houthi rebels have released a prominent activist nearly six months after detaining him. International rights groups had appealed for Hisham al-Omeisy's release since he was detained on Aug. 14 in Sanaa, the rebel-held capital. Al-Omeisy's brother, Essam, said he was released...

Britain scrambled two Royal Air Force Typhoon jets Monday from Scotland to intercept Russian planes near the United Kingdom's airspace, a defense ministry spokesman said. The Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. "This is a live operation and therefore...