By Humeyra Pamuk and Daren Butler MURSITPINAR, Turkey/ISTANBUL, (Reuters) - A merican-led forces have sharply intensified air strikes in the past two days against Islamic State fighters threatening Kurds on Syria's Turkish border after the...

The United States and its allies held top-level military talks Tuesday as Washington hailed signs of progress in the fight against jihadists following a wave of air strikes in Syria. American-led warplanes hammered Islamic State (IS) group militants with 21 bombing raids near...

(Reuters) - Funding shortfalls have forced the World Food Program (WFP) to cut rations for up to 1 million people in Afghanistan , an official said, an early sign that aid money may dwindle as the international combat mission winds down. The U.N. food assistance agency, which runs...

(Reuters) - Lieutenant General Mahdi Gharawi knew an attack was coming. In late May, Iraqi security forces arrested seven members of militant group Islamic State in Mosul and learned the group planned an offensive on the city in early June. Gharawi, the operational commander of...