An Iranian-backed militia said on Monday it said it would treat U.S. Marines deployed in Iraq to fight Islamic State as forces of occupation and "deal" with the foreign troops. Washington said on Sunday a detachment of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit was in Iraq, bolstering...

Turkish newspapers carried front-page pictures on Monday of three more men believed to be planning suicide bomb attacks for ISIS, after a suspected member of the radical militant group killed three Israelis and an Iranian in Istanbul. Sunday's attack on Istiklal Street, a long pedestrian...

Thousands of Kurds gathered for the Newroz spring festival in Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey on Monday under tight security after months of fighting between security forces and Kurdish separatists, and a series of bombings in Istanbul and Ankara. The armed Kurdistan Workers'...

More than 600 people have now left France for Syria and Iraq, with about 800 more wanting to leave to join Islamic State (IS), Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday. The figures show little respite in the number of people joining the jihadist group despite multiple bombing...