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US aims to eliminate ISIS from Afghanistan this year

 After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the U.S. military is looking to destroy ISIS' Afghan branch before battle-hardened reinforcements arrive from Syria and Iraq. While U.S. and Kabul government forces have mainly been combating Taliban fighters...

Trump to continue talking to Netanyahu about settlements

President Donald Trump will continue to talk to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Israeli settlement activity, the White House said on Monday following reports that Israel plans to build 15,000 new settlement homes in East Jerusalem. "I'm sure that we'll continue to have...

Peshmerga leader says Turkish airstrikes hurt PKK

Turkish airstrikes on PKK targets have forced the group to close some camps and seek cover, a Peshmerga commander in Iraq has told Anadolu Agency. Kasim Seso, a senior Peshmerga figure in Mosul’s Sinjar district, said on Monday the PKK had suffered “big losses and financial damage” in...

Erdogan: Turkey to hold referendum on EU membership

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will decide in a referendum whether to continue pursuing membership in the European Union. In an interview Monday on India television, Erdogan accused the EU of not being "sincere or honest" and of making Turkey wait at its gates. Erdogan said:...