Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday Germany must have a "fundamental" debate about how to integrate newcomers, as police identified 16 people suspected of a shocking rash of sexual assaults blamed on migrants. As outrage grew over the assaults, which included two...

A predominantly Arab faction of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Thursday that it has started a ground operation to cross into the west of the Euphrates River, a move strongly opposed by Turkey. The Revolutionary Army group said via Twitter that it had started a ground operation to take...

Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani has reportedly been wounded in an air strike in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a military statement said on Thursday. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. "There are confirmed reports that the so-called terrorist...

Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia deteriorated even further on Thursday as Tehran severed all commercial ties with Riyadh and accused Saudi jets of attacking its embassy in Yemen's capital. A row has been raging for days between Shi'ite Muslim power Iran and the conservative Sunni...