(Reuters) - Qatar is committed to defeating the Islamic State, its emir assured U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday in his first official visit to the White House. Obama said Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani committed to fighting Islamic extremists and supporting the moderate...

 Armed men from Yemen's newly dominant Houthi group took over a special forces army base in the capital Sanaa early on Wednesday, soldiers there said. The clashes, which lasted around six hours, started late on Tuesday when Houthis shelled the camp with heavy weapons,...

Tunis (AFP) - A Tunisian court said Tuesday it would rule next week on a blogger's appeal against a one-year jail sentence for defaming the military. Yassine Ayari was sentenced by a military court last month after publishing blogs critical of the military, in a case that was...

  Turkey slammed Tuesday Libya's internationally recognized government's decision to cancel the contracts of Turkish firms operating in Libya. Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani's government, which only controls the eastern part of...