(Reuters) - Israeli officials are considering amending the format of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned address to the U.S. Congress next month to try to calm some of the partisan furore the Iran-focused speech has provoked. Netanyahu is due to address a joint...

(Reuters) - Islamic State has withdrawn some of its insurgents and equipment from areas northeast of the Syrian city of Aleppo, rebels and residents say, adding to signs of strain in the Syrian provinces of its self-declared caliphate. The group, which has recently lost ground...

 U.S. President Barack Obama made clear he was some way from a decision on whether to arm Ukraine in its conflict against Russian-backed rebels, saying on Monday he still hoped for a diplomatic solution. "The measure by which I make these decisions is: 'Is it more likely...

About 80 French nationals and residents are believed to have been killed in conflict zones such as Syria and Iraq, French Prime Minister  Manuel Valls has said. Valls said in an interview with French radio Europe 1 on Monday that the phenomenon...