President Barack Obama says Russia needs to make a strategic decision to go after the Islamic State group, not the moderate opposition forces trying to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad. He says initial military operations by Russia did not add to efforts to deter IS, and in some ways,...

Around 15 people were injured overnight when a grenade was thrown during a festival in the Southern Philippines, according to police and military -- the fifth bombing incident in Central Mindanao in just two weeks. The explosion occurred in the provincial capital of Sultan Kudarat as it...

Four people were wounded in a stabbing attack in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Gat on Saturday in what police said bore the hallmarks of previous stabbings by Palestinians. The attack took place shortly after an announcement in Washington that U.S. Secretary of State John...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- French and Russian air strikes in northern Syria have killed at least 33 jihadists with the Islamic State group in the last 72 hours, AFP said on Wednesday. Dozens of IS fighters were also wounded in the raids on weapons depots, barracks and checkpoints in the jihadists' de...