(Reuters) - A senior al Qaeda official wanted by the United States and a local leader of the militant group's affiliate, Ansar al-Sharia, were killed in a drone strike in central Yemen overnight, tribal sources and a militant said on Wednesday. Nabil al-Dahab, leader of...

(Reuters) - Jordan recalled its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday in protest at an increase in Israeli "violations", including in Jerusalem and its holy sites, the first time it has done so since the countries made peace in 1994, government officials said. Jordan has...

(Reuters) - Three Tunisian soldiers were killed and 12 others were wounded on Wednesday in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a bus carrying soldiers in Kef near the Algerian border, the Defense Ministry said. The attack came while Tunisia preparing its first free...

(ORYXSA)- Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah removed Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja from his post on Monday, hours after the minister announced the shutting down of a controversial Islamist television channel. However, no link between the two developments has been...