Al-Qaeda gunmen killed 19 soldiers in an attack on an army base in southern Yemen Friday, security officials said, a day after deadly assaults by rebels and a jihadist bomber. The gunmen stormed Al-Mahfad base in Abyan province and remained inside for several hours before military...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 21 troops from coastal Tartus province killed in July as regime forces wage major offensive to recapture northwestern Syria, pro-regime news feeds reported. Most slain troops were killed in Hama province and scattered attack in eastern Deir Ezzor province....

Hong Kong police said on Friday they had arrested eight people, with a leading pro-independence figure reportedly among them, after seizing weapons and suspected bomb-making material. Civil servants and medical workers will join the next round of weekend protests. Millions have taken to the...

As Hong Kong’s political crisis simmers amidst heated protests, China’s People’s Liberation Army in Hong Kong released a video showing footage of “anti-riot” exercises and its top brass warned violence is “absolutely impermissible”. The three-minute video posted on the Hong...