FAYOUM, Egypt (AP) - When election-time rolls around, this impoverished province of farmlands south of Cairo has proven one of the most die-hard bastions of support for Islamists in Egypt, producing lopsided victories for the Muslim Brotherhood and i... [Full Article]
European leaders arriving in Norway to receive the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize say the EU needs more integration and authority to solve problems, including the bloc's financial crisis. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Clashes between government troops and rebels raged Thursday in opposition bastions of the besieged city of Aleppo as President Bashar Assad's key state backer Iran prepared to host a gathering of allies for talks on how to end the conflict. (Sou... [Full Article]
Activists say clashes between Syrian government troops and rebels are raging in the opposition bastion of Saleheddine and other districts of the besieged city of Aleppo. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Al-Qaeda militants began on Saturday leaving their south Yemen bastion of Azzan as the government warned local tribes against harbouring militants escaping a military campaign, witnesses said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
At least six people have been killed in overnight battles in Yemen's war-torn southern Abyan province as troops inched closer to the Al-Qaeda stronghold of Jaar, military and local officials said on Monday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Yemen's army and air force supported by local militiamen and with US backing stepped up an offensive to expel Al-Qaeda from their southern bastions, with fighting concentrated around the town of Jaar on Sunday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Yemeni troops advanced Friday toward the city of Jaar, a bastion of Al-Qaeda in the south of the country where five militants were also killed in clashes with tribesmen, local and military sources said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Yemen forces pressed on Sunday with an assault to recapture the Al-Qaeda-held southern city of Zinjibar, advancing on two fronts amid air cover in fighting that killed six soldiers in two days, military officials said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Yemeni troops launched an all-out offensive on Saturday to retake the southern city of Zinjibar, held for a year by Al-Qaeda gunmen, in fighting that killed 12 people, military and local sources said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]