Brazilian authorities are scrambling to stop a wave of prison violence that has killed at least 125 inmates in two weeks, many with their heads cut off or their hearts and intestines ripped out. Three massacres and many smaller fatal clashes, all in northern states, have followed a pattern that...

(CNN)- The Defense Department is prepared to provide the new administration with military options to accelerate the war against ISIS in Syria that could send additional US troops into direct combat, CNN has learned. These options would inherently increase the risk for US troops compared to...

Twenty years after Princess Diana's iconic visit to a minefield in Angola, the world faces a new landmine crisis in Syria and Iraq on a scale not seen for decades, campaigners said Sunday. The Mines Advisory Group said it had cleared and destroyed more than 9,000 newly laid landmines in both...

As part of the ongoing Turkey-led operations in northern Syria, 228 Daesh targets were destroyed and 18 terrorists were neutralized on Saturday, according to the Turkish army. The Turkish-led Operation Euphrates Shield, which began in late August, aims to improve security, support coalition...