The attack bore all the traits of Islamic State in Iraq. A small unit of militants, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and suicide belts, hit the Tripoli prison just before sunrise. Blasting though a wall, four fighters worked their way through the heavily guarded compound before firing a...

Kurdish forces entered the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar Friday after cutting it off from east and west in an offensive against ISIS militants that could provide critical momentum in efforts to defeat the extremist group. A Reuters correspondent saw hundreds of Kurdish peshmerga fighters...

The party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi has won a majority in Myanmar's parliament, the election commission said on Friday, giving it enough seats to elect the new president. The victory of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy will allow her to sweep out an old guard...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss a $500 million loan guarantee, security cooperation, and support for Tunisia's democratic transition when he visits Tunis on Friday, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. The United States said on May it was prepared to consider...