ROME, ITALY- An anti-Islamist former Libyan general, Khalifa Haftar, said Friday he has given himself two weeks to take Benghazi and three months to recapture the capital Tripoli. The strongman, who...

ANKARA, TURKEY, Jean-Louis De La Vaissiere / Fulya Ozerkan- Pope Francis on Friday called for dialogue between faiths to end the Islamist extremism plaguing the Middle East as he visited Turkey on...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ, W.G. Dunlop- Iraqi forces held off a jihadist assault on the government headquarters in the capital of Anbar province, deploying reinforcements in the key battleground against the...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Serene Assir- Syrian regime air strikes on the Islamic State group stronghold Raqa have killed at least 95 people, while a delegation from President Bashar al-Assad's government held...

CAIRO, EGYPT- Egypt reopened the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Wednesday for the first time since its closure in late October after a bombing in the Sinai Peninsula, officials said. The...

LONDON, UK- British police have foiled four or five suspected terror plots this year, the country's most senior police officer said Sunday ahead of a week-long campaign to enlist the public's help in...

Manama, Bahrain, Taieb Mahjoub- Bahrain voted Saturday in its first legislative election since security forces crushed a pro-democracy uprising in 2011, with the opposition boycotting the poll they...

LONDON, UK- A memorial service was held Saturday for British aid volunteer Alan Henning, who was beheaded by Islamic State jihadists in Syria. His widow Barbara told the private service at Eccles...

WASHINGTON, US, Dan De Luce- US military action in Iraq has a better chance of success than the last war there because American troops are playing a supporting role to local forces from the start,...