Yemen Says No. 2 in AQAP Has Been Killed in Airstrike

Said al-Shihri, allegedly the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has been killed in an operation in southern Yemen, government officials say. Al-Shihri was reportedly killed with six others in the Hadramawt area last Wednesday in what some...

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Clinton: US ‘Not Setting Deadlines’ for Iran

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said the US is "not setting deadlines" for Iran and still considers negotiations as "by far the best approach" to confront Iran's nuclear program. The past week or so has seen a shift in the dominant narrative on Iran. With...

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