( The Guardian )- Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s reaction to the deadly Islamic State group attacks in Tehran was “repugnant”.  “Repugnant WH [White House] statement... as Iranians counter terror backed by US...

Syrian government warplanes struck ISIS positions west of Raqqa city on the southern bank of the Euphrates river, state media said on Thursday. Separately, U.S.-backed Syrian militias have been pushing into the edges of Raqqa city in the first days of their assault to seize Islamic State's...

Bodies and aircraft debris were found in the sea off the southern coast of Myanmar on Thursday by ships searching for a military plane that went missing with 122 soldiers, family members and crew on board. Ten bodies, six adults and four children, were found about 35 km (22 miles) off the...

Russia, Turkey and Iran have postponed a planned round of talks on Syria in Kazakhstan, which Moscow had proposed to hold on June 12-13, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. A spokesman for the ministry said it was unclear when the next round of negotiations, which have also...