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Two PKK militants get life sentences for murder, attack in Turkey's west
Two militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for killing three villagers in the country's southeast in August 2012, before committing a bomb attack in the Aegean province of İzmir's Foça district which killed two soldiers.
US drone strike kills top Qaeda chief in south Yemen: Family
An air strike believed to have been carried out by a US drone in south Yemen on Feb. 4 killed a prominent chief of Al-Qaeda's branch in the war-torn country, a family member said.
Al Qaeda militants take over two south Yemen towns, residents say
Al Qaeda have retaken the two major southern Yemeni towns of Zinjibar and Jaar, while Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah rejected a cabinet reshuffle ordered on Dec. 1, by Hadi.