The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on financiers with bases in Belgium, Kenya and Turkey on charges they funneled money internationally for the Islamic State extremist group. The Treasury Department said it had pinpointed successors to Fawaz Muhammad Jubayr al-Rawi, who was...

The U.S., French and British navies have launched anti-mine exercises off Bahrain in support of the free movement of trade in Gulf waters, a military spokesperson said Monday. "As mines threaten maritime traffic indiscriminately, the U.S., France and United Kingdom are dedicated to...

Electoral officials ordered a second recount of votes in an east Istanbul district on Monday, after two weeks of appeals by President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party against results showing it had narrowly lost control of Turkey’s largest city. Repeated AKP challenges to the initial results...

Israeli forces rounded up ten Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Monday. In a statement, the army said that the individuals had been detained for “suspected involvement in popular hostile activities”. It did not...