AFP, ABU DHABI: Rebel attacks on a hotel used by Yemen's prime minister and military installations in the southern city of Aden Tuesday killed 15 Arab coalition troops and pro-government forces, Emirati media reported. Rocket attacks by Iran-backed rebels and allied forces "targeted the government…

AFP, BAGHDAD: Three car bombs killed at least 50 people in Iraq Monday, including 35 in a single blast north of Baghdad and 10 in a rare attack in the south, officials said. The bombing in Zubayr, near Basra in southern Iraq, was claimed by the Sunni extremist Islamic State group, which has controlled…

AFP, CHICAGO: A simple childish fight over a puppy led an 11-year-old boy to shoot and kill his eight-year-old neighbor in the US state of Tennessee, the girl's grieving mother said. Latasha Dyer said her daughter was playing outside when the boy asked to see her puppy. Little McKayla said "no"…

AFP, LUCKNOW: Extra police and paramilitaries were deployed to the Indian holy city of Varanasi Tuesday after nearly 50 people were injured during riots in which a police post was torched and dozens of vehicles damaged. The violence broke out on Monday night when police fired tear gas at a group of…

AFP, UN: The presence of planes from both Russia and the US-led coalition in Syrian airspace is "fraught with danger," the United Nations warned on Monday. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric was speaking after Turkey protested to Moscow because its F-16 jets intercepted a Russian fighter that…

AFP, MANCHESTER: British finance minister George Osborne has emerged as a potential successor to David Cameron as head of the Conservatives amid buzz at the party's annual conference over who the favourite might be. "He looks at the future, he does not let things like party divides prevent…