WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The United States and Iran have a "mutual interest" in defeating the Islamic State group but the long-time foes are not cooperating to do so, Secretary of State John Kerry...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for sanctions and an arms embargo to be imposed on Syria to punish the regime for its continued use of devastating barrel bombs in...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ- A woman has been named as mayor of Baghdad for the first time, a government spokesman said Saturday, amid widespread corruption and rampant violence. Zekra Alwach, a civil engineer and...

ANKARA, TURKEY- Turkey's decision to evacuate an historic tomb and the soldiers guarding it from Syrian territory was not a retreat, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday, rejecting opposition...

CAIRO, EGYPT- President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi promised Sunday to release young people who may have been wrongly jailed during Egypt's crackdown on the opposition since he overthrew his Islamist...

ANKARA, TURKEY, Burak Akinci- Almost 600 Turkish troops pushed deep into Syria in an unprecedented incursion Sunday, relocating a historic tomb and evacuating the soldiers guarding the monument after...

MADRID, SPAIN- Jihadists in Libya pose a "direct threat" to Europe, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in Madrid on Saturday. "I would like to cite the question of Libya and the direct threat to...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Ten children were among at least 48 people killed in a Syrian village this week when regime forces executed six families of rebel fighters, a monitoring group said on Saturday....

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- British anti-terror police on Friday made an unprecedented appeal to find three girls who they believe are travelling to join militants in Syria as part of what officers said...