Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Om Mohammed, an old lady in her seventies, has run away from Raqqa city northeast of Syria to protect herself and her son from the Islamic State, as they have been accused of apostasy, while her two daughters...

BEIRUT, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A magazine run by the Islamic State militant organization has published an interview with the French widow of a Paris hostage taker, its first official claim that Hayat Boumeddiene is in their territory, which spans parts of Syria and Iraq....

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(Reuters) - Germany , France, Russia and Ukraine agreed a deal that offers a "glimmer of hope" for an end to fighting in eastern Ukraine after marathon overnight talks. But big hurdles remained on the path to peace and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of the sponsors of the...