Islamic state

Iraq PM sacks cabinet officials, says reform drive under threat

Iraq's prime minister dismissed his cabinet secretary on Wednesday as part of an ambitious reform dr...

Aug 13, 2015 03:57 AM EDT

Islamic State releases 22 of more than 150 Christian captives: monitor

Islamic State has released 22 of the dozens of Assyrian Christians it abducted from villages in nort...

Aug 11, 2015 09:53 PM EDT

U.S. consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills 9

Two women shot at the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Monday and at least nine people were killed in a...

Aug 10, 2015 09:36 PM EDT

U.S. charges sixth man in alleged N.Y.-N.J. Islamic State plot

A New Jersey man was arrested on Monday on charges of conspiring to support the militant group Islam...

Aug 10, 2015 11:10 AM EDT

Trump's plan for Islamic State: 'Put a ring around it'

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday he supported the use of U.S. ground tr...

Aug 10, 2015 11:00 AM EDT

Russia accuses Britain of forcing out its diplomats

Russia has accused the British government of forcing out its diplomats in violation of international...

Aug 07, 2015 02:12 AM EDT

Russia says no common approach yet with U.S. on fighting Islamic State

Russia and the United States have not been able to agree on a common approach to fighting Islamic St...

Aug 06, 2015 01:42 AM EDT

Kerry to meet Russia's Lavrov in Malaysia on Wednesday

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet for a second time in three days on Wednesday with Russi...

Aug 05, 2015 03:36 AM EDT

Turkey's main opposition accuses Erdogan of blocking coalition efforts

Turkey's main opposition leader has accused President Tayyip Erdogan of blocking efforts to form a c...

Aug 03, 2015 08:35 AM EDT

New Afghan Taliban leader appeals for unity in first public message

The new Afghan Taliban leader appealed for unity in the insurgency in his first public message relea...

Aug 01, 2015 09:57 PM EDT

Walkout at Taliban leadership meeting raises specter of split

At the Taliban meeting this week where Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was named as the Islamist mili...

Aug 01, 2015 06:38 AM EDT

Syrian group says Nusra abducts its leader, in blow to U.S. plan

The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has abducted the leader of a U.S.-backed rebel group in north Syria,...

Jul 30, 2015 06:53 AM EDT

Turkey launches heaviest air strikes yet on PKK, stoking Kurdish ire

Turkish jets launched their heaviest assault on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq overnight since a...

Jul 29, 2015 06:12 AM EDT

Florida man charged in alleged bomb plot for Islamic State

A Florida man has been charged in an alleged backpack bomb plot he planned to carry out on a public ...

Jul 28, 2015 06:04 PM EDT

Iraqi militia leader says U.S. not serious about fighting Islamic State

The head of one of Iraq's fiercest Shi'ite militias called the U.S.-led coalition's campaign against...

Jul 28, 2015 05:54 PM EDT

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