A group of Western-backed Syrian insurgents said on Tuesday they had killed three foreign fighters -- two Saudis and a Tunisian -- with the Islamic State group in an undercover raid into an area under the control of the ultra-radical militants. An alliance of rebel groups known...

Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church's upcoming Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions, in the Argentine pontiff's latest move towards a more open and inclusive church. In Church teaching, abortion is such a grave sin...

 Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday they suspected a homemade rocket fired by Islamic State at their Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq contained chemical substances, accusing the Islamist insurgents of an increasing use of chemical weapons, Reuters reported. The Kurdistan Region's...

The United States and its allies conducted 19 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Monday, the U.S. military said in a statement on Tuesday. In Syria, six attacks hit tactical units, fighting positions, a training camp and other targets, it said. In...