Al Qaeda driven out of Yemen city after killing 20 soldiers
Fighting in al-Houta comes just hours after suicide bombers kill 137 people in mosques in national capital Sanaa
Kurds rally in Turkey as militant leader expected to urge progress on peace
Jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan expected to reaffirm commitment to peace process despite war of words with Ankara
A man carries an injured man after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Al-Mashad neighbourhood
A man carries an injured man after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Al-Mashad neighbourhood March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Sultan Kitaz
Car bombs kill 25 at Syrian Kurdish new year celebration
Another 80 are wounded in the attacks as they celebrate festival of Nowruz in the mainly Kurdish city of Hassaka
Suicide bombers kill 137 in Yemen mosque attacks
Attacks were deadliest in a years-long campaign of violence in the country
Suicide bombers kill 126 in Yemen mosque attacks
Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that has seized large areas of Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the attacks
Death toll rises to 126 in Yemen mosque bombings - medical source
Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that has seized large areas of Iraq and Syria, has claimed responsibility for the blasts
Aid agencies challenged by rise in conflict death toll
Study finds 28 pct more deaths in top 20 conflicts last year