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Comey hearing opens in Senate with Trump's actions in focus

A highly charged Senate hearing opened Thursday with fired FBI director James Comey to testify on his bombshell allegations suggesting President Donald Trump sought to interfere with a probe into Russian election meddling. Hundreds of people squeezed into a jam-packed room, some waiting in...

US man convicted after agreeing to be ISIS suicide bomber

A 27-year-old American who joined ISIS and agreed to be a suicide bomber was convicted Wednesday of helping the extremist organization, US prosecutors said. Mohamad Jamal Khweis had traveled in December 2015 to ISIS's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa after quitting his job, selling his car and...

Kosovo Islamic State commander killed

A self-proclaimed commander of Albanians fighting with Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, notorious at home in Kosovo for a video showing him beheading a man, has been killed, police and his family said on Thursday. Lavdrim Muhaxheri died in the Middle East, but it was not clear in which...

Russia hosts UN envoy for Syria

Russia is hosting the United Nations envoy for Syria for talks focusing on future peace negotiations. Speaking at the start of Thursday's meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Staffan de Mistura said it comes at a "delicate important moment." He stressed the importance of...