Kurdish forces entered the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar Friday after cutting it off from east and west in an offensive against ISIS militants that could provide critical momentum in efforts to defeat the extremist group. A Reuters correspondent saw hundreds of Kurdish peshmerga fighters...

 The Islamic State group on Thursday claimed a twin bomb blast that killed 41 people in a southern Beirut stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah movement, in a statement posted online. The claim, which followed the usual format of IS official statements, said the first blast was caused by...

The nuclear deal reached between world powers and Iran could lead to better relations between Tehran and Washington if the United States apologized for past behavior, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was quoted as saying on Thursday. The pragmatist president, who championed the July 14...

Days before he shot dead five people in a canteen during his lunch break, Jordanian police officer Anwar Abu Zeid sent a message to friends saying he was going on a journey to "paradise or hell", friends and security sources said. The message, on the WhatsApp mobile messaging...