WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking Congress to formally authorize war against Islamic State militants, offering a draft resolution that says the Islamic State "poses a grave threat." The president is sending Congress a proposed three-page authorization for military...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will propose to Congress on Wednesday a new three-year authorization for the use of force against Islamic State with limits on U.S. combat troops' involvement, lawmakers and congressional aides said. Obama has defended his authority...

The Twitter account of news outlet  Newsweek  was hacked Tuesday by  ISIL  supporters who then issued threats against President Barack Obama and his family. Once the account was breached, hackers calling themselves Cyber Caliphate replaced the banner image with...

Nine people were killed and 37 others wounded in separate incidents on Tuesday in Baghdad, police said. Three people were killed and 11 others injured when a car bomb exploded at a market place in al-Mahmoudiya district in southern Baghdad, police told The Anadolu Agency. One...