DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, René Slama- By claiming its first attack in Yemen the Islamic State group is seeking to exploit the chaos gripping the country and siphon support from the world's most...

SANAA, YEMEN, Jamal al-Jabiri- Multiple suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 142 people Friday at Shiite mosques in Yemen's capital -- one of the strife-torn country's...

TUNIS, TUNISIA, Antoine Lambroschini- The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility Thursday for an attack on foreign tourists at Tunisia's national museum that killed 21 people, as the...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- Gordon Brown, UN special envoy for education, launched an international appeal Wednesday to close a funding gap and pay for the education of 500,000 Syrian refugee...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned what he called the "deplorable" attack on Tunisia's national museum that left at least 17 tourists dead on Wednesday. The UN...

CASABLANCA, MOROCCO- Morocco and the United Arab Emirates signed an accord Tuesday to cooperate in the "battle against terrorism," notably against the Islamic State group, Morocco's official MAP news...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syria's military shot down a US drone over the coastal province of Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad, state media said on Tuesday. The US military confirmed that it...

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS- A Chechen woman living in the Netherlands has taken her two young children against their father's will to join the Islamic State group in Syria, in what is believed to be the...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will never be part of peace negotiations to halt the brutal civil war, US officials vowed Monday, adding they were taking every step to bring an end...