SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's president resigned Thursday, saying he had reached a "deadlock" in talks with Shiite rebels who rule the capital and had confined him to his home. His resignation raised fears the Arab world's poorest country could again split apart, severely...

Top officials from 21 countries kicked off talks in London on Thursday on pushing back Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and tackling the growing threat of homegrown jihadists in Europe. US Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond...

MOGADISHU (AFP) - A suspected suicide car bomb attack hit a hotel near the presidential palace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday, causing casualties, police and witnesses said. The attack, which bore the hallmarks of the Al-Qaeda-affilated Shebab rebels, hit the gate of a...

An Egyptian court on Thursday ordered the release of Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, the two sons of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, pending a final trial for corruption. "Alaa and Gamal will be released Thursday evening since they are no longer involved in any other trials," Fareed al-Deeb,...