Middle East
At least 23 killed in Yemen suicide bombing: state news agency
A suicide bomber killed at least 23 people in central Yemen on Wednesday when he blew himself up at a cultural center ...Kurds in new Islamic State group offensive in Iraq
Backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, Kurdish Iraqi forces said they launched a large-scale offensive Wednesday to push Islamic State group extremists from an ...Corruption probe roils Israeli election campaign
A far-reaching Israeli corruption investigation that has roped in 30 public figures and politicians linked to a powerful, hard-line party ...IS releases interview with captive Jordanian pilot
The Islamic State group published on Monday an interview with the Jordanian pilot captured last week after his plane crashed ...Amid hacking tensions, South Korea proposes resuming talks with North
South Korea proposed on Monday to resume stalled talks with North Korea, an overture that comes amid heightened diplomatic tension ...U.S.-led mission in Afghanistan ends combat role; thousands of foreign troops remain
The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan formally ended its combat mission on Sunday, more than 13 years after an international alliance ...Iranian senior commander killed in Iraq
A senior commander in Iran\'s powerful Revolutionary Guard has been killed during a battle against the Islamic State extremist group ...Syria ready to discuss Russia peace plan talks, opposition dismissive
Syria said on Saturday it was willing to participate in "preliminary consultations" in Moscow aimed at restarting talks next year ...US-led coalition hits IS jihadists with 39 air strikes
The US-led coalition pounded the Islamic State group with 39 air strikes Thursday and Friday, including more than a dozen ...Dozens of jihadists killed fighting Syria Kurds: monitor
At least 44 members of the Islamic State group were killed in clashes with Kurdish troops in Syria on Thursday, ...