The captured wife of a senior Islamic State leader who was killed in a weekend raid will face questions over what she and her husband knew about the group's treatment of hostages, including Americans, U.S. officials said. The U.S. government believes the leader, Abu Sayyaf, was...

Syrian Islamist rebels on Sunday have seized control of strategic towns of al-Mastouma and al-Muqbela in Idlib province, pressing hard to capture a nearby military camp, activists said. The alliance of Islamist groups including the Nusra Front want to cut a supply route links Ariha town with...

 Barcelona won the Spanish La Liga title for the 23rd time by beating Atletico Madrid, 1-0, with a match to spare Sunday. Catalan giants' Argentine star forward Lionel Messi scored in the 65th minute enabling Barca to snatch the title at the Vicente Calderon Stadium. Meanwhile,...

Turkey does not make friends with those who sentence their democratically-elected president to death, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday. Addressing an election rally of the ruling Justice and Development, or AK Party, in Istanbul's Maltepe Square, Davutoglu called the...