The parents of a U.S. journalist kidnapped in Syria nearly five years ago issued a new plea for his release on Thursday. Austin Tice, a freelance reporter and former U.S. Marine from Houston, Texas, was kidnapped in August 2012 aged 31 while reporting in Damascus on the uprising against...

Iraqi forces on Thursday regained control over Imam Gharbi, a village south of Mosul, from Daesh (ISIS) militants who had seized it as their defense of their stronghold in the city crumbled, Iraqi police said. The action formed part of the next phase of the U.S.-backed government's campaign...

 Members of the Trump campaign's inner circle, including his eldest son and son-in-law, are being called before Senate committees next week to talk about the 2016 election. The week has the potential to deliver the most high-profile congressional testimony involving the Russian meddling...

Britain has told Turkish authorities it will lift the ban on electronics in aircraft cabins in flights from Turkey, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Thursday, citing diplomatic sources. The sources said that Alan Duncan, Britain's minister for Europe and Foreign Minister Boris...