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Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Moscow denies airspace violation

Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday after repeated w...

Nov 24, 2015 08:40 AM EST

'Rambo' appeal, not the mosque, lures Brussels youths to IS

Khalid Ben Larbi lived a hedonistic lifestyle similar to other European youths and rarely went to th...

Nov 23, 2015 09:43 PM EST

New bill in Congress proposes stricter vetting of refugees

A U.S. lawmaker introduced a bill aiming to toughen the vetting process for refugees seeking to ente...

Nov 18, 2015 09:18 AM EST

Gunshots rattle Paris suburb, police raid targets suspected attack mastermind

Gunfire and explosions shook the Paris suburb of St. Denis early on Wednesday when French police rai...

Nov 18, 2015 07:07 AM EST

CIA chief warns Islamic State may have other attacks ready

CIA Director John Brennan warned on Monday that the attacks in Paris claimed by the extremist Islami...

Nov 16, 2015 09:53 PM EST

France launches air strikes in Syria; Paris investigation widens

French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened thei...

Nov 15, 2015 08:44 PM EST

Islamic State says France remains top target

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed 127 people in Paris, saying...

Nov 14, 2015 07:20 AM EST

Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from Islamic State

Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by U.S. air strikes seized the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic Sta...

Nov 13, 2015 09:21 AM EST

Islamic State committed genocide in Iraq against Yazidis: report

Islamic State militants committed genocide against Iraq's Yazidis in the north of the country and ca...

Nov 13, 2015 12:20 AM EST

Two suicide bombers hit Hezbollah bastion in Lebanon, 43 killed

At least 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded on Thursday in two suicide bomb blasts clai...

Nov 12, 2015 11:39 PM EST

Investigators '90 percent sure' bomb downed Russian plane

Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are "90 percent sure" the noise heard in the final...

Nov 08, 2015 07:50 PM EST

Chemical weapons used by rebels in Syria - sources

Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic St...

Nov 05, 2015 08:59 PM EST

Russia's Syria force grows to 4,000, U.S. officials say

Moscow's military force in Syria has grown to about 4,000 personnel, but this and more than a month ...

Nov 05, 2015 03:15 AM EST

U.S. eyes more arms for Syria rebels after latest advance

The U.S. military said on Wednesday it was moving toward providing additional weaponry to Syrian opp...

Nov 04, 2015 08:56 PM EST

Bomb by Islamic State likely caused Russian plane crash: security sources

Evidence now suggests that a bomb planted by the Islamic State militant group is the likely cause of...

Nov 04, 2015 08:40 PM EST

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