Washington / AFP President Barack Obama’s challenge that Europe unite and shoulder more of the burden for its own security might soon be answered, in part, by a military mission off the Libyan coast. “Europe has sometimes been complacent about its own defense.” That was the staggeringly blunt criticism from Obama on Monday in Hanover, the last stop on …

  SANAA / AP Forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government have retaken the southern coastal city of Mukalla, driving out Al Qaida militants a year after they captured it, security officials said on Tuesday. The Yemeni forces entered the city late on Monday, following days of heavy airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition fighting on the side of President Abed …

  Aleppo / AFP Air strikes on rebel-held areas of Syria’s second city Aleppo and a town to its west killed at least 19 people on Tuesday, emergency workers said. The strikes came after rebel shelling killed at least 19 civilians in government-held districts of Aleppo on Monday and are the latest in a surge of violence in and around …