Militants killed two police Monday in Haditha in a rare attack inside a town west of Baghdad that tribesmen and security forces successfully defended against repeated extremist assaults, officials said. When ISIS seized swathes of territory in Anbar and elsewhere in Iraq, Haditha was one of...

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Monday downplayed differences with EU partners over the bloc's military ambitions, saying London supported their efforts to bolster defense cooperation. Reports Friday put Brexit-bound Britain in the dock for blocking the launch of an EU military...

Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi, under house arrest since 2011, announced his support for President Hassan Rouhani who is seeking a second term in Friday's election. Karoubi asked all Iranians to participate in the election and to protect the democratic process by choosing their...

North Korea said Monday it had successfully tested a new type of rocket in its latest missile launch, as analysts said it showed an unprecedented range that brought U.S. bases in the Pacific within reach. Sunday's launch was of a "new ground-to-ground medium long-range strategic ballistic...