At least 16 people have been killed in heavy fighting in the Libyan city of Benghazi between forces allied with the official government and Islamic State fighters, a military commander said on Wednesday. Benghazi, caught up in fighting for more than a year, is just one front in Libya's...

Washington (AFP) - An early interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve would involve higher risks than would waiting a bit longer, the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund told AFP. "I'm not sure that the risks of acting are gigantic, but they're certainly higher,"...

(Reuters)- Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver a speech on U.S. policy toward Syria this week at the congressionally funded U.S. Institute of Peace think tank, the State Department said Tuesday. The speech, which will take place at 2 p.m. on Thursday, comes as the United States, Russia...

Iran has arrested more than 40 suspected militants around the country, half of whom were planning to reach Iraq and Syria, Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi was quoted as saying by state media on Tuesday. The militant groups fighting in Iraq and Syria, such as Islamic State, are...