ISIS claimed responsibility Friday for bombings outside two heavily fortified five-star hotels in the Iraqi capital that killed 15 people. In a statement, ISIS said a suicide bomber called Abu Qutaiba had parked a car outside the Ishtar hotel in central Baghdad late on Thursday before...

At least 12 Australian women from one city have attempted to join ISIS, police said Friday, warning of a trend towards a "romanticized view" of violent jihadis. More than 100 Australians have left the country to support ISIS in Syria and Iraq, raising concerns about radicalization and whether...

(Reuters)- U.S. defense aid to Israel is likely to increase after 2017, sources on both sides said on Thursday, seeing a possible link to Washington's efforts to assuage its ally's fears over nuclear diplomacy with Iran. A current package worth $3 billion a year expires in 2017. A U.S....

The U.S.-led coalition has staged 26 air strikes since early Wednesday targeting Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq against, according to the Combined Joint Task Force leading the air operations. In Iraq, 20 air strikes struck near 10 cities, including five near Mosul, three by Falluja...