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CAIRO – Libyan security officials say a bomb thrown near the Algerian Embassy in the country’s capital has wounded three security guards. The officials say the bomb came from a passing car and struck the guard’s station and damaged a diplomatic vehicle Saturday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the …

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on the chaotic situation in Yemen. Violence has gripped Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, since Monday and has been described as a coup. Yemeni authorities say Shiite Houthi rebels are shelling the presidential residence and have raided the presidential palace. …

UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is painting a worsening picture of the war in Syria, citing indiscriminate government bombing and opposition shelling, high civilian casualties and deteriorating humanitarian conditions. In his monthly report to the U.N. Security Council obtained Friday by The Associated Press, the Ban said the …