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Yemeni men stand in a street as smoke billows in the background after security forces neutralised unexploded ordnance confiscated from the Shiite Huthi rebels and militant extremists, in the desert of al-Alam, east of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, on March 10, 2016.- / AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI

Yemeni Army Advances against al Qaeda in Southern City

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 30, 2016 | Middle East

The Yemeni army backed by local fighters was able to regain control of parts of Aden seized by al Qaeda on Wednesday as part of a push to clear the hardline group from its stronghold in the southern port city, a security official said. After three days of clashes, the...

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Troops from Japanese forces in a military base inauguration ceremony at Yonaguni Island

Japan Enacts Laws Allowing Combat Missions Abroad to Defend Allies

by Najeeb al-Khash | Mar 30, 2016 | World

Tokyo-For the first time since World War II, Japan will be able to participate more in international peacekeeping compared with its previous, mostly humanitarian, missions. The legislation, which took effect on Tuesday after being passed last year despite nationwide...