Islamic state

Obama says Syria deployment doesn't break no 'boots on ground' pledge

President Barack Obama said on Monday the planned deployment of dozens of U.S. special forces to Syr...

Nov 02, 2015 11:58 PM EST

Flight recorders show crashed Russian jet not struck from outside - investigator

The Russian plane that crashed in Egypt was not struck from the outside and the pilot did not make a...

Nov 02, 2015 08:09 PM EST

Turkey returns to single-party rule in boost for Erdogan

Turkey's Islamist-rooted AK Party swept to an unexpected victory in elections on Sunday, returning t...

Nov 02, 2015 05:59 AM EST

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

Egypt locks up lawyers in Islamist fight

As Egypt cracks down on its Islamist dissidents, many of the country's lawyers are finding themselve...

Oct 23, 2015 08:05 AM EDT

Saudi foreign minister says Russian actions in Syria "very dangerous"

Russia's actions in Syria are fuelling the country's war, which can only be ended with an unconditio...

Oct 22, 2015 09:20 PM 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

Putin uses Assad visit to talk up Kremlin role as Syria broker

Vladimir Putin used a rare visit to Moscow by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to talk up the Kremli...

Oct 21, 2015 06:44 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

Third Russian air strike on Syrian rebel group kills leader

Russian air strikes in Syria's Latakia province killed a rebel commander and four other fighters fro...

Oct 20, 2015 08:48 PM EDT

Syrian rebels say they receive more weapons for Aleppo battle

Rebels battling the Syrian army and its allies near Aleppo said on Monday they had received new supp...

Oct 20, 2015 08:52 AM EDT

Canada's new PM Trudeau vows to bring hope, change

Canada's new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, is moving back to the house where he grew up. The Liber...

Oct 20, 2015 04:40 AM EDT

China repeats opposition to force in Syria

China's foreign minister has repeated his country's opposition to the use of force to resolve the cr...

Oct 16, 2015 01:44 AM EDT

Small Turkish town haunted by lost sons, hand of Islamic State

In a small teahouse in the conservative southeastern Turkish town of Adiyaman, two brothers would ho...

Oct 15, 2015 08:44 PM EDT

Russian investigators: Islamic State behind 2014 attack on Siberian mosque

Russia's Investigative Committee said on Thursday that Islamic State fighters were behind an attempt...

Oct 15, 2015 05:15 AM EDT

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