Middle East
Kurds battle Islamist militants closing in on Syrian town
Kurdish forces battled overnight with Islamists trying to seize a hill overlooking a Syrian border town with Turkey as U.S.-led coalition warplanes ...Israel chides Swedish PM over Palestinian state
Israel has hit out at Sweden\'s newly elected prime minister Stefan Loefven over his decision to recognise a Palestinian state.Militants kill 20 in two separate Yemen attacks: sources
A suicide bomber linked to al Qaeda drove a car laden with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen\'s ...Islamic State defies air strikes by shelling Syrian Kurdish town
New U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State fighters failed to stop them from pressing their assault on a strategic Syrian town near ...British warplanes return from Iraq without bombing
British warplanes flew their first mission over Iraq since parliament authorised strikes against Islamic State jihadists, but returned without bombing on Saturday, ...French, U.S. planes strike Islamic State, Britain to join coalition
French fighter jets struck Islamic State targets in Iraq on Thursday, and the United States hit them in Syria, as ...Militant in Syria beheading videos identified: FBI
A masked Islamic State militant seen wielding a knife in videos at the beheading of two Americans has been identified, ...U.S. and Arab allies launch first strikes on militants in Syria
The United States and its Arab allies bombed militant groups in Syria for the first time on Tuesday, killing scores ...World leaders meet with multiple crises on agenda
Facing a world in turmoil from multiple crises ranging from wars in the Mideast and Africa to the deadly scourge ...US launches air strikes on Islamic State militants in Syria
The U.S. and partner nations began launching airstrikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria for the first time Monday ...




