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Israel faces threats ranging from rockets to nuclear: defense minister

Israel faces a wide variety of threats ranging from Islamic militants wielding missiles and rockets ...

Oct 28, 2015 01:26 AM EDT

Britain's Blair says 2003 Iraq invasion played role in Islamic State rise

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged the 2003 invasion of Iraq played a part in the...

Oct 26, 2015 08:14 AM EDT

U.S commando killed in raid to free hostages of ISIS in Iraq

One member of a U.S. special operations force was killed during an overnight mission to rescue hosta...

Oct 22, 2015 09:09 PM EDT

New PM Trudeau to Obama: Canada's Islamic State combat mission to end

Canada's Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau, who came from behind to trounce his Conservative r...

Oct 21, 2015 04:26 AM EDT

Iraq using info from new intelligence center to bomb Islamic State: official

Iraq has begun bombing Islamic State insurgents with help from a new intelligence center with staff ...

Oct 14, 2015 01:24 AM EDT

Islamic State figures killed in air strike; Baghdadi not believed among them

Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in west...

Oct 12, 2015 01:31 AM EDT

Croatia overwhelmed by flood of migrants, EU calls summit

Croatia threatened to close its border with Serbia on Thursday as migrants fled from overwhelmed pol...

Sep 18, 2015 01:09 AM EDT

French PM Valls says no compromise with Syria's Assad possible

France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday a deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to...

Sep 16, 2015 02:01 AM EDT

Hollande says French air strikes will be needed in Syria

President Francois Hollande said on Monday that French air strikes against Islamic State militants i...

Sep 15, 2015 01:37 AM EDT

Al Qaeda chief urges lone wolf attacks, militant unity

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on young Muslim men in the United States and other Western c...

Sep 13, 2015 10:18 PM EDT

Russian troops join combat in Syria - sources

Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government tro...

Sep 09, 2015 09:05 PM EDT

Failure of Syria diplomacy exposes enduring divisions over Assad

While the desperate flight of Syrians from their country's war was dominating news bulletins this su...

Sep 07, 2015 03:05 AM EDT

In rich Gulf Arab states, some feel shamed by refugee response

When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaiti...

Sep 07, 2015 02:23 AM EDT

War stops 13 million going to school in Middle East, North Africa: U.N.

Conflicts across the Middle East and North Africa are preventing more than 13 million children from ...

Sep 03, 2015 04:03 AM EDT

Russia delays start of U.N. probe of Syria gas attacks: envoys

Russia is delaying the launch of an international investigation aimed at assigning blame for chemica...

Sep 02, 2015 09:31 PM EDT

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