(Reuters) - Islamic State militants have killed at least 24 members of the Kurdish security forces in a surprise attack in northern Iraq , Kurdish officials said, in one of the deadliest single battles for the Kurds since last summer. Three Kurdish officers reported continued clashes...

(Reuters) - German police arrested a suspected supporter of the insurgent group Islamic State (IS) who was recently in  Syria  and raided his apartment in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, federal prosecutors said on Sunday. The 24-year-old suspect, who has German...

BEIRUT - Lebanon’s interior minister Sunday denounced the “monstrous” twin suicide attack that targeted a Tripoli cafe the day before, while the justice minister vowed to punish those behind the bombings that killed nine and wounded more than 30. Saturday's attack on the...

 Iraq's Vice President Usama al-Nujayfi called for more military support ahead of a planned attack for retrieving Mosul, the second largest city in the country, from ISIL control. "For us to go into this war strongly, we need to receive more reinforcement," said Nujayfi, in...