(Reuters) - Kuwait briefly detained a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric less than two weeks after the United States included him on a sanctions list on suspicion he was funneling money to militants in Iraq and Syria , his lawyer said on Monday. Shafi al-Ajmi, who was detained...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is looking into reports that a Japanese man may have been detained possibly by militants in Syria, the foreign ministry said Monday. The government was still trying to confirm through the Japanese embassy in Damascus the reports that surfaced over the...

(Reuters) - The United States on Saturday conducted air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish capital of Arbil and the Mosul dam, the U.S. Central Command said. The Mosul dam, Iraq's biggest, fell under control of Islamic State militants earlier this...

United Nations, Aug 16 (IANS) The UN Security Council Friday adopted sanctions against jihadist groups in Iraq and Syria and placed six individuals affiliated to them on its Al Qaida sanctions list. "All states shall ensure that no funds, financial assets or economic resources...