(Reuters) - Belgian police detained four people after a series of raids across the country on Friday to dismantle a group suspected of recruiting jihadist fighters for Syria , federal prosecutors said. The raids were not linked to an operation earlier this month that foiled...

(Reuters) - Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani warned that despite victories in the war against Islamic State, the global coalition against the group was inadequate and predicted a campaign to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul would not happen before the fall. In an...

At least 47 people were killed and 99 others wounded Friday in several explosions in capital Baghdad and in central Samarra, police said. Forty people lost their lives and 75 others were wounded when two improvised explosive devices blew up at a market place. The...

TOKYO (AP) — The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown Friday, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from the Islamic State group holding them captive. "Government institutions are working...