TRIPOLI, LIBYA- The Islamic State group claimed deadly suicide car bombings in Libya Friday as the international community struggles to find ways to end the chaos in the North African nation. The...

DOHA, QATAR, David Harding- Qatar recalled its envoy to Cairo following a row over Egypt's air strikes on Islamic State group targets in Libya, where jihadists tightened their grip Thursday by...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA- Military chiefs from two dozen countries gathered in the Saudi capital Thursday sought to bolster the Iraqi army against the jihadist Islamic State group, a Western diplomat...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- Denouncing a business-as-usual approach to Syria, UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Thursday for urgent action to lift sieges on civilians and to end barrel bomb attacks. The...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- US President Barack Obama urged Western and Muslim leaders Wednesday to unite to defeat the "false promises of extremism" and reject the notion that "terrorist" groups...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The United States will provide basic military training and equipment to Syrian rebels and may eventually instruct them on how to call in air strikes against Islamic State...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES, Carole Landry / Mona Salem- Libya's foreign minister urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to lift an arms embargo to allow the country's military to fight...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syrian government troops began a new offensive around Aleppo on Tuesday, seeking to encircle rebels in the northern city and break the siege on two pro-regime villages. Monitoring...

CAIRO, EGYPT, Samer al-Atrush- Egypt called Tuesday for UN-backed international intervention in Libya after launching air strikes on Islamic State targets in retaliation for the jihadist group's...