A U.S.-backed offensive to capture the Syrian city of Raqqa from ISIS will last a number of months, the operation's commander said, a longer timeframe than previously signalled by the Kurdish YPG militia that is at the heart of the campaign. Rojda Felat spoke to Reuters near the Taqba Dam...

EU president Donald Tusk Friday revealed his plans for Brexit talks, rejecting British Prime Minister Theresa May's demands for talks on the divorce and a future relationship to start in parallel. The draft guidelines obtained by AFP called for a "phased approach" that prioritizes an orderly...

Three alleged international human traffickers who are suspected of smuggling recruits for ISIS and helping to finance the group have been arrested in a town on Kenya's coast, police said Thursday. Police spokesman George Kinoti said the two Kenyans and a Somali were arrested Monday in the...

 ISIS claimed responsibility on Thursday for two suicide attacks that killed at least 31 people in Damascus on March 15. The group made the claim in its weekly online newspaper al-Nabaa. The newspaper said the two suicide bombers, identified by the group as Abu Musa al Golani and...