FACTBOX-Yemen risks: separatism, sea lanes, Qaeda, poverty, sectarianism
YEMEN-SECURITY/ISSUES (FACTBOX):FACTBOX-Yemen risks: separatism, sea lanes, Qaeda, poverty, sectarianism
Syrian insurgents "mimicking ruthlessness" of army - rights group
Report cites "race to bottom" among Syrian insurgents
Fearing Islamic State, some Afghan Shi'ites seek help from old enemies
Ethnic Hazaras strike pact with old Taliban enemies amid fears that Islamic State is gaining ground in Afghanistan
Syrian refugees cross into Iraqi Kurdistan, hope for better future
Nearly a hundred refugees fleeing the Syrian conflict cross into Iraq at the Peshkhabour border point by boat every day, with some hoping "the future of my family is going to be better." Gavino Garay reports
UN warns Yemen conflict could become Iraq-Libya-Syria scenario
U.N. mediator tells Security Council that Yemen has been pushed "towards the edge of civil war"
Civilians walk near upright buses barricading a street, which serve as protection from snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's rebel-controlled Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood
Civilians walk near upright buses barricading a street, which serve as protection from snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's rebel-controlled Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood March 21, 2015. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
Yemeni president demands Houthis quit Sanaa; U.S. evacuates remaining forces
U.N. Security Council is set to meet on Sunday to discuss the crisis in Yemen as it hurtles towards civil war
Libya's official government bombs capital, commander loyal to Tripoli killed
Attack comes day after announcement of military offensive to "liberate" Tripoli from rival administration
Yemeni president demands Houthis quit Sanaa amid new fighting
Yemen has been hurtling towards civil war since last year when the Houthis seized Sanaa and advanced into Sunni areas
Kurdish militant leader says armed struggle with Turkey "unsustainable"
But jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan stops short of declaring an immediate end to his militant group's armed struggle