A militant group is recruiting in the oil exporting nation, say Glen Carey and Deema Almashabi

BOMB blasts ripped through more than a dozen Iraqi cities yesterday morning, killing 60 security forces and civilians in the worst attack this year.

YEMENI President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to sign a transition of power deal yesterday, saying it would push the country toward civil war.

AL-QAIDA has appointed an Egyptian militant as temporary leader and named a new head of operations following the killing of Osama bin Laden, Al Jazeera reported.