The Houthi militant group has threatened to overrun Yemen's eastern oil-rich Maarib province, citing what it described as the lack of government action towards the alleged presence of hundreds of Al-Qaeda militants in the region. The threat came in a message from the Shiite...

 At least 59 people were killed in a head-on collision between an oil tanker and a passenger bus near Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi early Sunday morning, officials said. The bus caught fire immediately after being hit head-on by the tanker loaded with...

BEIRUT - Lebanon’s interior minister Sunday denounced the “monstrous” twin suicide attack that targeted a Tripoli cafe the day before, while the justice minister vowed to punish those behind the bombings that killed nine and wounded more than 30. Saturday's attack on the...

 Iraq's Vice President Usama al-Nujayfi called for more military support ahead of a planned attack for retrieving Mosul, the second largest city in the country, from ISIL control. "For us to go into this war strongly, we need to receive more reinforcement," said Nujayfi, in...