Islamic State has kidnapped three African Christians in eastern Libya, the group said, publishing their passport pictures. The men come from Egypt, Nigeria and Ghana, Islamic State said in a statement on social media, without elaborating. The kidnapping took place in Noufliyah, an...

Mains water and electricity have returned to large parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo following a three-week cut after al Qaeda's local wing stopped water supplies to pressure the government, a group monitoring the war said on Saturday. Al Qaeda's Nusra Front stopped supplies to...

Saudi Arabia has arrested 431 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State cells and thwarted attacks on mosques, security forces and a diplomatic mission, the interior ministry said on Saturday. The announcement came after a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near the...

Local fighters and army forces in Yemen have wrested two military bases from Houthi forces overnight, residents and officials said, building on a week of gains against the country's dominant faction. The advances come a day after Yemen's government in exile declared the key...