Yemen president resigns under pressure from rebels
Yemen’s president resigned Thursday, saying he had reached a “deadlock” in talks with Shiite rebels who rule the capital and had confined him to his home. His resignation raised fears…
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5 Chechens arrested in France, including 1 with explosives
By LORI HINNANT and SYLVIE CORBET Five ethnic Chechens from Russia have been arrested in southern France, including one with a cache of explosives, a local mayor said Tuesday as…
5 Chechens arrested in France, including 1 with explosives
By SYLVIE CORBET and LORI HINNANT Five Russians have been arrested in southern France, including one with a cache of explosives, a local mayor said Tuesday as four other men…
To counter terror, Europe’s police reconsider their arms
By LORI HINNANT One was a young policewoman, unarmed on the outskirts of Paris and felled by an assault rifle. Her partner, also without weapons, could do nothing to stop…
Heavy clashes as Shiite rebels seize Yemen state media
By AHMED AL-HAJ Heavy clashes erupted near the presidential palace in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Monday as Shiite rebels battled soldiers and seized control of state-run media in a move…
Court upholds Paris police ban of anti-Islamist rally
By GREG KELLER and RAF CASERTA French court has upheld the Paris police chief’s order to ban a planned demonstration against radical Islamists in the wake of France’s worst terrorism…
Obama, Cameron pledge to help seek justice for Paris attacks
By JOSH LEDERMAN In a show of trans-Atlantic unity, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a joint effort on Friday to fight domestic terrorism following deadly…
European police arrest 2 dozen in anti-terrorism sweeps
By RAF CASERT and ANGELA CHARLTON French, German and Belgian police arrested more than two dozen suspects in anti-terrorism raids Friday, as European authorities rushed to thwart more attacks by…