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CIA drone strike kills al Qaeda men in Yemen

(Reuters) - A CIA drone strike on a car in Yemen killed three men believed to be al Qaeda militants on Monday, officials said, in a sign U.S. security operations would continue despite a political crisis in the volatile Arab country. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his...

Tunisia premier in talks after parties reject cabinet

(Reuters) - Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Habib Essid began new negotiations over his cabinet on Monday after most political parties said they would oppose his initial choice of ministers in a parliamentary vote. Rejection by parliament would mean newly-installed President...

Low expectations as Moscow hosts Syria talks

(Reuters) - Syrian opposition representatives met in Moscow on Monday at the start of a meeting which the Damascus government will join later this week in efforts to revive peace talks. Nearly four years into a war that has killed more than 200,000 people and displaced...

Assad seeks agreement over U.S. air strikes in Syria

(Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad has said U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria should be subject to an agreement with Damascus and Syrian troops should be involved on the ground. Assad was speaking in an interview with the U.S.-based Foreign Affairs...