(The Daily Star)- A Syrian Kurd leader in France on Tuesday accused Turkey of "massively attacking" Kurdish forces trying to recapture Raqqa, the ISIS stronghold in Syria. "With its artillery and aircraft, the Turkish army is taking advantage of the media and international community's...

(The Daily Star)- Iraqi security forces on Tuesday regained full control of a western town that was attacked by ISIS militants two days earlier, officials said. Seeking to draw attention away from an offensive to retake the city of Mosul, ISIS struck the town of Rutba in the country's west...

France will begin dismantling the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais on Tuesday as several hundred more inhabitants queued for temporary housing in centers across France. More than 2,300 camp dwellers - more than a third of the total - left the filthy shanty-town outside the northern port by...

The United Nations has abandoned plans to evacuate patients from besieged rebel-held east Aleppo which it had hoped to accomplish during a three day lull in fighting last week, blaming all parties to the conflict for obstructing efforts. "The evacuations were obstructed by various factors,...

(theguardian)- Few Israeli citizens have gone to fight with Islamic State, perhaps a total of 50 in four years. Far fewer still have made it back to Israel to tell their tale. Among that handful is Sabareen Zbeidt, aged 30, and her husband, Wissam, aged 42, who flew back into Tel Aviv’s Ben...

Militants wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police academy in the southwestern city of Quetta overnight, killing at least 59 people, mostly police cadets and recruits, and waging a ferocious gunbattle with troops that lasted into early hours Tuesday. Pakistani officials feared the...

Eurozone officials announced Tuesday they have approved 2.8 billion euros for Greece from its huge third bailout after the cash-strapped nation delivered the needed reforms. "Today's decision to disburse EUR2.8 billion ($3.0 billion) to Greece is a sign that the Greek people are steadily...

(The Daily Star)- Moscow said Tuesday that Russian and Syrian planes have not conducted any air strikes on Aleppo for the last seven days despite a three-day truce ending at the weekend. "Over the last seven days all flights by Russian and Syrian air forces have been completely halted. The...

Daesh is recruiting fighters from outside the Mosul, Iraq, to reinforce its defense in the city that is currently under siege, the Pentagon said Monday. “We see them taking administrative and support personnel, people who are not normally under arms. But they are now arming them. We also see...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to his Philippines counterpart over the weekend, emphasizing strong and stable ties between the allies after comments by the Philippines president raised questions about bilateral relations, the State Department said on Monday. State Department...

(The Daily Star)- Visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Monday defended Turkey's post-coup state of emergency but rankled his hosts when he appeared to criticize how it was being implemented. "Regarding the state of emergency, Turkey has every right to defend and protect...

(The Daily Star)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the situation in Syria in a phone call and agreed that experts will continue searching for ways to resolve Aleppo crisis, Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday. The ministry said in a...

More than 3,800 people have been displaced in areas around Mosul since a major offensive was launched last week to oust Daesh from the northern Iraqi city, according to the ministry of migration and displacement Monday. Some 904 people were transferred Sunday from Bashiqa and Gayara fronts...

 Leicester City heroes Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, stars in their team's fairytale run to the Premier League title, have been named on a 30-player longlist for the 2016 Ballon d'Or. Vardy -- who has enjoyed a meteoric rise from amateur football to rub shoulders with the game's biggest...

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 75,000 people have fled their homes and 18 have been killed during three weeks of clashes in Somalia, the United Nations said on Monday, warning that women and children sleeping in the open will suffer as the rainy season looms. Clashes...

The woman said that her husband was an Islamic State fighter but that she left him after trying, in vain, to persuade to him to defect. Last week, she took their six children and fled across the battle lines toward ground controlled by the Iraqi army, she said. But as the woman spoke in a...

Oil prices fell on Monday as Iraq said it wanted to be exempt from an OPEC deal to cut production, though losses were capped by Iran saying it would encourage other members to join an output freeze. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down 45 cents at $51.33 a barrel by 1340 GMT. U.S. West Texas...

(The Daily Star)- Egypt's interior minister warned in comments published Monday that the country faced "unprecedented challenges" that required a "decisive" response by security forces, accusing the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood of scheming to incite chaos. The minister's comments, which...

A Hamas militant was killed on Monday when a tunnel collapsed in the Gaza Strip, the group's military wing said in a statement. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades named the man as Amir Jaber Abu Taimeh and said the accident occurred in the town of Khan Yunes. It gave no further details....

Libyan government forces have freed two Turkish nationals held by Daesh militants in the northern city of Sirte, according to a local military official. “The two Turks are now in a safe place in Sirte under the protection of government forces,” Ibrahim Beit al-Mal, the head of the Misrata...