IRBIL, Iraq (McClatchy) — A former French intelligence officer who defected to al Qaida was among the targets of the first wave of U.S. air strikes in Syria last month, according to people familiar with the defector’s movements and...

The Shiite Houthi group on Tuesday rejected the appointment of Ahmed bin Mubarak as Yemen's new prime minister. "Bin Mubarak's appointment is a violation of the peace and partnership deal," Houthi leader Ali al-Bekheti told the pro-Houthi Yemen Agency. He, however, declined...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria has declared four chemical weapons facilities it hadn't mentioned before, a special representative of the U.N. secretary-general told the Security Council on Tuesday. The news heightened concerns that the Syrian government hasn't been fully open...

(Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied reports at the weekend that it had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State movement fighting in Syria and Iraq , saying that its statement to the media had been misinterpreted. The group's spokesman Shahid Shahidullah said...