BEIRUT (AFP) -  Syrian activists on Tuesday accused Jaysh al-Islam (Islam Army), a powerful Islamist group near Damascus, of detaining a group of their colleagues, in what they said was the latest in a string of abuses. "An armed group...

(Reuters) - U.S. aid worker Kayla Mueller, held hostage by Islamic State militants for 18 months, is dead, her family said on Tuesday, but the circumstances were unclear and President Barack Obama vowed to hunt down the culprits. Mueller's family received an email and...

The Twitter account of news outlet  Newsweek  was hacked Tuesday by  ISIL  supporters who then issued threats against President Barack Obama and his family. Once the account was breached, hackers calling themselves Cyber Caliphate replaced the banner image with...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Tuesday that his country had signed several agreements with  Russia  for stepped-up cooperation in the fields of energy, trade and security. At a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, al-Sisi said the two...