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Syria funds suggest ISIS link to militants arrested in Indonesia

Some of the Indonesian men arrested at the weekend after tip-offs that they were planning a string of militant attacks had received funding from Syria, hardening evidence of their links to ISIS, police said Monday. Officials said the raids in five cities across the island of Java, during which...

Libya sovereign fund assets must remain frozen

One of the would-be chairmen of Libya's $67 billion sovereign wealth fund said Monday that it would be wrong to unfreeze the fund's assets following last week's agreement to form a national unity government. AbdulMagid Breish, one of two rival chairmen of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA),...

Spain faces struggle to form government after historic polls

 Spain faces a struggle to form a stable government Monday following historic elections that saw the incumbent conservatives score a win but no majority, tailed by the long-established Socialists and upstart, far-left Podemos. While it took the largest share of the vote, the PP lost its...

Syrian regime army makes strategic gain in northern Aleppo

The Syrian army, backed by Russian air strikes, captured a rebel stronghold in the northern province of Aleppo Sunday, driving out the Islamists, a monitoring group said. State news agency SANA also said that army units and other pro-government forces had seized control of Khan Tuman and...