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SANAA, Yemen – Security officials say gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead the head of security in Yemen’s port city of Aden. The officials say Col. Abdelhakim al-Sanidi was killed Sunday while driving on a busy street in al-Mansoura neighborhood. Last week, high-ranking police officials in Aden said hundreds of …

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run news agency says police are searching the premises of a business and media group known to be close to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric whom the government accuses of trying to destabilize it. The Anadolu Agency said police on Tuesday were searching 23 companies in Ankara …

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean prosecutors have asked for a 15-year prison term for the man they say slashed the U.S. ambassador during a breakfast forum in March. The Seoul Central District Court says prosecutors made the request Thursday at the end of the trial of Kim Ki-jong. The …