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US embassies all over the world have a history of being attacked, bombed, and otherwise abused by terrorist or insurgent groups.

On Monday, Al-Qaeda confirmed that the head of Al-Qaeda's operations in Yemen had been killed. On Tuesday, the Yemeni Defense Minister survived an assassination attempt in the form of a car bomb.

Manaf Tlas hinted that France helped him escape Syria, but refused to provide specifics. He also warned the Syrian regime would not hesitate to use chemical weapons.

Economic problems have drastically lowered standards of living across the Palestinian territories, and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is facing heated criticism from the public. But, this weekend, President Mahmoud Abbas stepped up to defend Fayyad.

John Kerry, the one-time presidential nominee of the Democratic Party back in 2004, took the stage at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) Thursday night to support President Barack Obama's candidacy for a second term. The senior senator from Massachusetts and the tenth most senior figure in the Senate had one of the best speeches of the night by most accounts. John Kerry Speech At DNC 2012 Rattles GOP, Romney-Ryan Ticket [VIDEO, FULL TRANSCRIPT]

Senussi fled Libya soon after the uprising that removed Gaddafi from power last year.

One of Africa's quietest dictators will be put to the test when the southern African country of Angola goes to the polls on Friday.

Libyan Interior Minister Fawzi Abdel A'al resigned on Sunday after his security forces failed to stop violent attacks against Sufi Muslim shrines in two major cities.

The Committee to Protect Journalists' latest report reveals that speaking truth to power, or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time, still costs hundreds of journalists their lives.

France, Turkey and the U.S. are mulling the possibility of creating a limited no-fly zone over part of Syria.

At one point, Mintoff said Malta was part of the ?Arab world? ? a stark symbolic separation from its long British identity.

Surface to air missiles could give a big boost to the Free Syrian Army, but introducing the weapons runs the risk of delivering them into the hands of terrorists as well.

The Israeli Defense Force has deployed an Iron Dome air defense system in the town of Eilat to intercept and destroy rockets, days after the town along the Egyptian border came under rocket fire, a military spokesperson said Monday.

Two car bombs exploded in Libya's capital Tripoli early on Sunday morning killing at least two people, security officials said.

The White House is "dusting off old plans" for a potential release of oil reserves to dampen rising gasoline prices and prevent high energy costs from undermining the success of Iran sanctions, a source with knowledge of the situation said.

A Russian court is expected to issue a verdict Friday in the trial of three of the seven members of Pussy Riot, a feminist punk band, who face up to three years in prison for participating in an uninvited protest performance, in Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, against President Vladimir Putin's ties with the Orthodox Church.

Controversy has erupted in Italy after a small town east of Rome built a memorial to a Fascist military leader, using public funds.

Fillon did not promote a military adventure in Syria but strongly suggested Hollande find a way to resolve the crisis by negotiating with Russia.

A tribal leader and his son in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula were shot dead Monday by militants, two days after Bedouin tribal chiefs extended cooperation to the Egyptian security forces to restore normalcy in the lawless border region along Gaza and Israel.

Senegal has seen decades of peace and democracy, even while surrounding countries endured war, tyranny and instability.

Turkey and the United States are launching a new working group to draft stronger measures, including a possible no-fly zone, in response to the deteriorating situation in Syria.