Syrian government troops backed by Russia and fighters backed by the United States made separate advances against Islamic State on Friday, gaining ground in new offensives that have put unprecedented pressure on the self-declared caliphate. In neighboring Iraq, government troops also...

Muhammad Ali was extolled on Friday as a boxer of incomparable grace, a magnetic entertainer and a man of conviction who gave a voice to the oppressed, as a two-day celebration of "The Greatest" came to a rousing end in his Kentucky hometown. At an emotional memorial service at a Louisville...

U.S.-backed forces cut off all routes in and out of the ISIS-held city of Manbij near the Syrian-Turkish border Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist group said. The Syria Democratic Forces, supported by U.S.-led airstrikes and U.S. special forces, seized control of the...

 U.S. President Barack Obama formally endorsed fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton for president on Thursday, describing himself as eager to get out and campaign for her, days after she gained the delegates needed to secure the party's White House nomination. "I don't think there has ever...