Iraq

Pennsylvania suspect in family killings dead of self-inflicted cuts

An Iraq War veteran sought in the killing of six family members in Pennsylvania was found dead on Tu...

Dec 17, 2014 12:30 AM EST

'Lone wolf' Australian hostage-taker had violent, unsettled past

The self-styled sheikh behind a siege at a Sydney cafe had been charged as an accessory to murder an...

Dec 16, 2014 11:45 PM EST

Journalist murders in Syria a shocking new trend: press freedom report

The beheading of journalists by Islamist militants in Syria this year showed that reporters face a d...

Dec 16, 2014 07:02 AM EST

India bans Islamic State, hunts for sympathizers

India on Tuesday declared a ban on Islamic State, days after having detained an engineer for running...

Dec 16, 2014 06:50 AM EST

Obama vows no safe haven for Islamic State

President Barack Obama used a holiday season visit to a U.S. military base on Monday to issue a toug...

Dec 15, 2014 06:02 PM EST

Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, three dead

Heavily armed Australian police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning and freed a number of...

Dec 15, 2014 05:47 PM EST

UK lawmakers will ask U.S. for secret parts of CIA report, to scrutinize UK spies

A powerful British parliamentary committee will ask the United States to hand over blacked out parts...

Dec 15, 2014 08:16 AM EST

Hostages held in Sydney cafe, forced to hold Islamic flag in window

Dozens of hostages were trapped inside a central Sydney cafe on Monday, with local television showin...

Dec 14, 2014 09:23 PM EST

Yemen al Qaeda leader criticizes IS beheadings as un-Islamic

A senior leader of al Qaeda in Yemen has criticized beheadings by Islamic State (IS) fighters as un-...

Dec 09, 2014 07:31 AM EST

Possible sanctions breach as Iran Quds chief spotted in Iraq: U.N.

United Nations sanctions monitors have said photographs taken inside Iraq appear to confirm that the...

Dec 09, 2014 07:15 AM EST

World's children paying price for political rifts: TRFN

Divisions among the veto-wielding powers of the U.N. Security Council are harming the world's childr...

Dec 08, 2014 08:03 PM EST

Obama nominates Ashton Carter for Pentagon chief

President Barack Obama on Friday nominated veteran defense expert Ashton Carter as his defense secre...

Dec 06, 2014 09:32 PM EST

McCain blocks Obama's pick as No.2 diplomat over Iraq policy

U.S. Senator John McCain said on Thursday he is blocking President Barack Obama's nomination of Anth...

Dec 04, 2014 05:52 PM EST

Lebanon detains wife of Islamic State leader

The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they ...

Dec 02, 2014 06:56 AM EST

Obama considering Ashton Carter, others for next defense secretary

President Barack Obama is considering a variety of high-profile figures as his candidate to be the n...

Dec 01, 2014 06:56 PM EST

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