The government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi today announced a three-day official mourning period and cancelled all celebrations of Eid.

Yemen’s prime minister said today his government would not negotiate with armed tribesmen holding five Italians hostage.

Yemeni investigators today said they strongly suspect a man who gunned down four American missionaries had links to the al-Qaida terror network.

French investigators were arriving in Yemen today after a supertanker was gutted by an explosion and fire in a possible terrorist attack.