Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinian men who tried to stab soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Israeli military said, part of a wave of violence now in its fourth month. The soldiers were not injured in the confrontation at Bekaot checkpoint in the...

An attempted attack by Islamic State on a military base in northern Iraq shows Turkey's decision to deploy troops there was justified, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, suggesting Russia was stirring up a row over the issue. But Iraq's military later denied that the...

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the truck bombing on a Libyan police training center on Thursday that killed at least 47 people, according to a statement from the group. Islamic State fighters have expanded their presence in the North African state, taking advantage of the...

Turkish police detained senior local officials from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on Friday in a raid on one of its Istanbul offices, party officials said, days after President Tayyip Erdogan said he backed legal action against its members. Riot police and special...