(Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed about 20 Houthi fighters in central Yemen late on Sunday including a prominent tribal leader who had just defected to the Shi'ite Muslims' side, tribal sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility nor confirmation of the...

(Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish forces will not engage in ground fighting in the Syrian town of Kobani but provide artillery support for fellow Kurds fending off Islamic State militants there, a Kurdish spokesman said on Sunday. Islamic State fighters have been trying to capture...

(Reuters) - Leading Tunisian secular party Nidaa Tounes has won more than 80 seats in an election for the new 217-member parliament against 67 seats for Islamist party Ennahda, a party source, citing a preliminary ballot count, said on Monday. Election authorities are...

TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Two rigged cars were seized by the Lebanese Army during early morning raids Sunday in north Lebanon as the military regained control over the northern district of Minyeh, security sources told The Daily Star . The Army in a statement said it confiscated two...