Defying calls by the U.N. Security Council to end hostilities against the Yemeni government, a Houthi tribal leader on Sunday urged supporters to wage a campaign of civil disobedience until their demands are met. The Houthis, who have been fighting for years for more power for...

  (Reuters)- Supporters of Islamist Nusra Front, a group linked to al-Qaida, said on Twitter on Sunday that the group is demanding the release of Abu Mussab al-Suri, a top al-Qaida leader, in exchange for 44 UNDOF peacekeepers from Fiji detained since Thursday. Al-Suri, a Syrian...

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(AFP)- Four soldiers and a police officer kidnapped in the east of Lebanon nearly a month ago have been freed by the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda. The five "taken hostage by the al-Nusra Front have been freed and have arrived in Arsal," a Lebanese town on the border with Syria, a...