ISIS lost nearly a quarter of its territory in Iraq and Syria last year, according to a report released Thursday by research firm IHS Markit. Between early January 2016 and the end of the year ISIS' self-declared "caliphate" fell from 78,000 to 60,400 square kilometers (47,500 to...

After years of political deadlock, Lebanon finally has a new government. Now it needs a new economy. Battered by war in neighboring Syria, neglected by wrangling politicians and caught in rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the pillars of the economy - remittances from overseas workers,...

Leaders of an ad hoc group of protesters enraged by Republican Donald Trump's election as president of the United States vowed on Wednesday to disrupt his inauguration this week by blocking public access to the event. The DisruptJ20 protest group said it will send groups of demonstrators to...

Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has warned Japan on Wednesday evening about terrorist group FETO's structuring in the island country. The Turkish premier has held a meeting with Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Keiichi Ishii in the Prime Ministry....