As a walkie-talkie carried word of another casualty from an Islamic State mortar attack, an Iraqi policeman peered through leaves at enemy positions just across the Tigris River. He kept his head low to avoid snipers but also had an eye on the sky. Minutes later, the militants sent a...

Turkish police on Sunday detained some 400 suspected members of Islamic State in anti-terror raids in six provinces, state media said, the biggest roundup to target the organization in Turkey. Those held were mainly foreign nationals, Anadolu news agency said. At least 60 suspects were...

Eleven suspects having links to the New Year's Eve terror attack on an Istanbul nightclub appeared in court late Friday, a judicial source said. The Istanbul Courthouse ordered the suspects including the suspected nightclub attacker Abdulgadir Masharipov's wife Zarina Nurullayeva to be...

Citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries who were banned from the United States by President Donald Trump can resume boarding U.S.-bound flights, the U.S. government said on Saturday, after a Seattle judge blocked his executive order. The ruling gave hope to many travellers and sent...