(Reuters) - Yemeni security forces killed at least nine suspected al Qaeda militants on Wednesday when they tried to ambush troops heading to eastern Yemen to bolster state authority there, state media reported. General Abdel-Rahman al-Halili, commander of the first military...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States informed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that it has neutralized about 60 percent of Syria's most toxic chemicals. British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, the current president of the Security Council, said the U.S. made the report...

    (Zaman Alwasl)- Syrian rebels Tuesday attacked al-Nairab military airport north Aleppo, destroying a helicopter, Shahba Press News reported. Islamic Front, key rebel group in Aleppo, says it's the second helicopter has been destroyed in...

(Reuters) - Israel and Islamist Hamas were expected to hold their fire for three days starting on Tuesday, under terms of an Egyptian-brokered truce, while launching negotiations to cement a long-term deal to end a four-week Gaza war. The ceasefire was the latest of...