(The Guardian)- A British man has been killed fighting against Islamic State in northern Syria, his family and Kurdish activists have said. Ryan Lock, 20, from Chichester, West Sussex, died on 21 December during an offensive by anti-Islamic State forces to recapture the city of Raqqa, the...

At least 56 inmates in Brazil have been killed and dozens remain at large following a prison riot over the weekend in the northern state of Amazonas, according to the authorities. A clash that broke out between two rival bands Sunday overnight at over-capacity Anisio Jobim complex in the...

Turkey will press on with its military operation in Syria despite the deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub that was a "message" against the campaign, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday. "This was a message for our cross-border operations, above all the Euphrates Shield,"...

An air raid has struck several cars in northwestern Syria, killing at least eight people, including Al-Qaeda-linked fighters and a senior commander with a Chinese Islamist militant faction, an activist group and a local jihadi commander said Monday. The attack occurred late Sunday on a road...