Middle East

US soldiers on patrol in search of insurgents in Khost province, near the Afghan-Pakistan border. The Taliban said Thursday it was behind bombings that killed seven CIA agents and separately five Canadians in one of the deadliest bouts of violence against Westerners in Afghanistan. © AFP/File David Furst

KABUL (AFP) - The Taliban said Thursday it was behind bombings that killed seven CIA officers and separately five Canadians in one of the deadliest bouts of violence against Westerners in Afghanistan.

The Afghan ...

Yemeni soldiers are pictured on their way to the British and US embassies to tighten security in Sanaa in September. Yemeni security forces have captured a key Al-Qaeda leader and two other militants believed behind threats against Western interests in Sanaa which prompted embassies to bolt their doors, police said. © AFP/File Khaled Fazaa

SANAA (AFP) - Yemeni security forces Wednesday captured a key Al-Qaeda leader and two other militants believed behind threats against Western interests in Sanaa which prompted embassies to bolt their doors, police ...

Pakistani soldiers carry their injured comrade from an ambulance to a hospital after a suicide bomb blast in Rawlakot, some 80 kilometers from Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir. A suicide bomber killed four Pakistani soldiers near the demarcation line in disputed Kashmir, as gunmen opened fire in the main city in the Indian-administered zone. © AFP Str

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber killed four Pakistani soldiers Wednesday near the demarcation line in disputed Kashmir, as gunmen opened fire in the main city in the Indian-administered ...

Yemeni security forces stand guard in front of a portrait of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. The British and French embassies in Sanaa reopened Wednesday after being closed due to the threat of an attack by Al-Qaeda, the missions announced © AFP Khaled Fazaa

SANAA (AFP) - The British and French embassies in Sanaa reopened Wednesday after being closed due to the threat of an attack by Al-Qaeda, the missions said.

"The British embassy has reopened, but public services ...

Pakistani policemen in Sarar village on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, capital of the Pakistani zone of the divided Himalayan Kashmiri region. A bomb attack killed three security personnel outside an army barracks in Pakistani-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, a police official said. © AFP/File Sajjad Qayyum

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) - A bomb attack killed three security personnel outside an army barracks in Pakistani-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, a police official said.

The bomb exploded outside the barracks ...

A US military intelligence personnel talks to a district government representative about 3 kms from the Afghan-Pakistan border in eastern Afghanistan. A top military intelligence chief is calling for revamped US intelligence efforts in Afghanistan in a scathing report that says the current focus on insurgent networks is "only marginally relevant." © AFP/File Simon Lim

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A top military intelligence chief is calling for revamped US intelligence efforts in Afghanistan in a scathing report that says the current focus on insurgent networks is "only marginally ...

Yemenis walking under the iconic Yemen Gate leading to the old city of Sanaa. The US embassy in Yemen reopened after a two-day closure prompted by Al-Qaeda threats as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned unrest in the Arab country is a threat to global stability. © AFP/File Marwan Naamani

SANAA (AFP) - The US embassy in Yemen reopened on Tuesday after a two-day closure prompted by Al-Qaeda threats as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned unrest in the Arab country is a threat to global ...

US Army soldiers patrol through the mountains in Khost province in 2008. A suicide bomber who killed eight people at a CIA base in Afghanistan was an Al-Qaeda triple agent who duped Western intelligence services for months before turning on his handlers, jihadist websites have boasted. © AFP/File David Furst

AMMAN (AFP) - A suicide bomber who killed eight people at a CIA base in Afghanistan was an Al-Qaeda triple agent who duped Western intelligence services for months before turning on his handlers, jihadist websites ...

Yemenis walking under the iconic Yemen Gate leading to the old city of Sanaa. As western powers closed their embassies in Sanaa and Washington overhauled its terror watch and "no-fly" blacklists, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that unrest in Yemen threatens global stability. © AFP/File Marwan Naamani

WASHINGTON (AFP) - As western powers closed their embassies in Sanaa and Washington overhauled its terror watch and "no-fly" blacklists, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that unrest in Yemen threatens global ...