SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemen's powerful Shiite Houthi rebels shelled the residence of the country's embattled president Tuesday and simultaneously swept into the presidential palace in the capital, Sanaa, as a top military commander warned that a full-fledged "coup" was...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozens of people have been killed in barrel bomb attack on a village in the northern Syrian province of Hasakah, activists said on Tuesday. Activist Seraj al-Haskawi said at least 60 people have been killed and 100 others wounded when...

Paris (AFP) - Four men will appear before a judge in France on Tuesday to face possible charges of providing support to one of the Paris Islamist attackers, the prosecutors' office said. The four men, aged 22, 25, 26 and 28, were among 12 people detained in police raids on...

Johannesburg (AFP) - Zambia goes to the polls Tuesday in a tightly contested race to elect a president after a ruling party power struggle following the death of Michael Sata in office last year. The two top contenders are Defence Minister Edgar Lungu, 58, representing...