Greece has cut back on bringing migrants and refugees from the Aegean islands to the mainland after neighboring Balkan countries closed their borders. Police authorities from Slovenia, Austria, Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia said they have agreed to limit the flow of migrants to around 580...

U.S. special forces advisors are within miles of rebels who they are helping to capture the strategic Syrian town of al-Shadadi from Islamic State but are away from the front lines, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday. The United States sent dozens of special operations...

Seven soldiers were killed on Friday in clashes with Islamist militants in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, where military forces are pressing to consolidate recent gains, an army commander said. Military forces allied to Libya's eastern government have long been battling Islamists and...

Syria's branch of al Qaeda, one of its most powerful Islamist rebel groups, called for an escalation in fighting against the government and its allies, adding to the dangers facing an agreement to halt fighting set to start on Saturday. The government and rebel groups have agreed...