WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday that while al Qaeda's Pakistan-based "core organization" had been severely degraded, affiliates of the militant group in Africa and the Middle East were becoming more "operationally autonomous" and aggressive. The...

Syria's air force killed at least 18 people Wednesday, including 10 children, in the latest strike on the battered city of Aleppo, as civilians continue to bear the brunt of the civil war. The air strikes came a day after at least 100 people, including some 80 civilians, died...

MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities have arrested a French-Algerian man suspected of participating in terrorist activity in Syria and helping Europeans enter the country to join jihadist groups. Spain's Interior Ministry says Abdelmalek Tanem was detained in the southeastern region...

The National Basketball Association's 29 team owners will likely vote to force Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers after he was banned for life for racist comments, some of the owners said on Wednesday. As it appeared more likely the team would be put up for sale,...