Al-Qaeda gunmen killed 19 soldiers in an attack on an army base in southern Yemen Friday, security officials said, a day after deadly assaults by rebels and a jihadist bomber. The gunmen stormed Al-Mahfad base in Abyan province and remained inside for several hours before military...

 A senior Sudanese army commander said a security force assigned to guard a bank in Al-Obeid was responsible for killing children protesting in the city earlier this week, the official SUNA news agency reported Thursday. At least six people were killed at a rally in Al-Obeid, 400 km...

Yemen's Iran-backed movement said it launched missile and drone attacks Thursday on a military parade in Aden, the seat of the Saudi-backed government, killing several people including a commander. A Reuters witness saw nine bodies on the ground after an explosion hit a military camp...

Libya's national oil company says it has suspended operations at the country's largest oil field following the closure of a pipeline valve, the second halt in just over a week. Wednesday's statement by the National Oil Corporation says an unidentified group on Tuesday closed the pipeline...