Islamic State remains a potent threat around the world despite reduced capabilities, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday, adding its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had made his latest video appearance in a “remote area”. Abdul Mahdi did not say which country that area was...

Islamic State fighters who waged a bloody campaign in Syria and Iraq are heading to Afghanistan to continue their jihad and help plot "spectacular" attacks against America, a US official has told AFP. The warning comes as IS seeks to assert a regional influence after the loss of its...

The return of the remains of Israeli soldier Zechariah Baumel is still viewed as a scandal. A scandal after a scandal, the last of which is one of two Syrians whom the regime has asked to be released. This person does not only have a long criminal record, with the testimony of the criminal...

Israel's attorney general has given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu until next week to confirm he wants a formal hearing to defend himself before corruption charges are filed against him. In a letter made public Sunday evening Avichai Mandelblit told Netanyahu's lawyers that if he wants...