Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has told the BBC he “totally” opposes Arab nations joining air strikes against Islamic State in his country. In an interview, he said Western air... Read more
Report says armed contractor with violent criminal record got in the lift with the US president during Atlanta visit. Published reports have revealed that US President B... Read more
After the Secret Service got caught up in a blunder, letting an intruder get passed security and into the White House, it was only a matter of time before the media would take shots at them.... Read more
(CNN) – A patient being treated at a Dallas, Texas, hospital is the first case of Ebola virus diagnosed in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced W... Read more
ARBIL Iraq/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish troops drove Islamic State fighters from a strategic border crossing with Syria on Tuesday and won the support of members of a m... Read more
President Barack Obama has acknowledged that US agencies underestimated the threat posed by the Islamist insurgency in Syria. In a frank TV interview, he said that al-Qaeda had been beaten i... Read more
Ashraf Ghani has been sworn in as Afghanistan’s president in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul. It comes after six months of deadlock amid a bitter dispute over electoral... Read more
Ahead of Monday’s closure of Saudi Arabia borders for pilgrims, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on Sunday said it has successfully completed the airlift of all Nigerian pilgrims. The... Read more
Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service owned by Facebook, has been blocked in China, according to numerous reports, including from Hong Kong-based reporters with the New York Times. Th... Read more
SANILURFA, Turkey (AP) — Airstrikes likely carried out by a U.S.-led coalition struck an oil refinery in Syria held by the Islamic State group Sunday, a witness said, shaking bu... Read more
