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Jail term of over four years sought for German Islamic State suspect

A state prosecutor on Friday demanded a prison term of over four years for a 20-year-old German man ...

Nov 30, 2014 12:54 AM EST

Bulgaria charges radical imam, six others with supporting Islamic State

A Bulgarian imam and six others detained during a special operation by security forces earlier this ...

Nov 26, 2014 08:29 PM EST

Turkey, U.S. ease strains on Islamic State but differences remain

Turkey and the United States smoothed over some differences in the fight against Islamic State durin...

Nov 24, 2014 11:00 PM EST

Hagel, under pressure, resigns as U.S. defense secretary

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned on Monday, leaving under pressure as President Barack Ob...

Nov 24, 2014 09:21 PM EST

No easy 'plan B' for Iran if nuclear talks with major powers collapse

Iranian officials say they can turn to Beijing and Moscow if talks in Vienna fail to end Western san...

Nov 24, 2014 01:40 AM EST

Canadian vets plan to join Kurdish fight against Islamic State

Several former Canadian soldiers plan to join Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in com...

Nov 22, 2014 03:19 AM EST

U.S. military chief says battle with IS starting to turn

The United States' top military officer told American troops on a surprise visit to Baghdad on Satur...

Nov 16, 2014 12:55 AM EST

Bosnia detains 11 for involvement in Syrian and Iraqi conflicts

Police in Bosnia on Thursday arrested 11 people on suspicion of fighting alongside Islamist militant...

Nov 13, 2014 08:48 AM EST

Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands

President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the nu...

Nov 08, 2014 03:13 AM EST

For Obama and Xi, fight against Islamic State a brief moment to agree

When the United States and China discuss cooperating against Islamic State later this month, the mos...

Nov 02, 2014 05:19 AM EST

Kurds' battle for Kobani unites a people divided by borders

Cloaked in Kurdish flags, thousands of people lined the roads to cheer on a military convoy headed f...

Oct 31, 2014 09:24 AM EDT

Top Canada officials to face Parliament questioning after attacks

Top Canadian security officials are due to testify on Monday before a parliamentary committee about ...

Oct 27, 2014 07:34 AM EDT

Turkey's U.S. relations show strain as Washington's patience wears thin

The U.S. decision to air-drop weapons to Kurdish forces in Syria on the same day Turkish President T...

Oct 23, 2014 08:11 PM EDT

Saudi Arabia jails al Qaeda suspects over plot to hit U.S. forces

A Saudi court has sentenced 17 people, four of them women, to prison terms of up to 30 years in two ...

Oct 23, 2014 12:17 AM EDT

Britain may use mediaeval treason law to tackle Islamist fighters

Britain may use a mediaeval law dating to 1351 to charge citizens with treason if they go to fight w...

Oct 17, 2014 07:54 AM EDT

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