Libyan forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said on Monday they had entered Sirte and had taken control of large parts of the coastal city.  Capturing Sirte would be an important strategic gain for Haftar, who since April has been waging a military offensive on the...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept while leading mourners in prayer for the funeral Monday of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, whose death in a U.S. drone strike has caused a huge outpouring of national grief. Iranians poured on to the streets of the capital Tehran...

Mourners packed the streets of Tehran on Monday for ceremonies to pay homage to top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, after he was killed in a US strike in Baghdad. Clutching portraits of their hero, the crowd gathered at Tehran University before supreme leader Ayatollah Ali...

Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, killing three American Department of Defense personnel and destroying several U.S. aircraft and vehicles before they were repelled, U.S. and Kenyan authorities said. The...