A suicide attacker detonated an explosive belt in a park outside Baghdad on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding 71, said the security head in Babel province where the bomb - claimed by Islamic State - went off. The blast in Iskandariya, a mixed Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim town 40...

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for three suicide bombings Friday that targeted Yemeni checkpoints in Aden and what it said was an attack on a nearby base of the pro-government Arab coalition. The IS-affiliated Amaq news agency said in an online report that "IS fighters have...

Powerful Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr warned political party leaders Friday they would face street protests if they obstruct a government overhaul planned by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to fight corruption. Sadr also called on Abadi to announce a new cabinet lineup by Saturday...

Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff has died on Thursday at age 68. The Cruyff Foundation said on its website that he passed away in his house in Barcelona. He had been receiving cancer treatment. In February, he had said he felt as if he was "leading 2-0 at halftime" against the disease....