ISIS militants pushed through a gap in the Iraqi army frontline Thursday to capture a northern village, local sources said, demonstrating the group's continued reach after a major defeat in the west. The dawn attacks on Tal Kusaiba, around 35 km (20 miles) east of Tikrit, killed the police...

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called for revenge attacks in Saudi Arabia and on the West after the kingdom's execution of some 40 extremists, according to a message posted online. In the message, Zawahiri called on supporters to attack "the Crusader-Zionist coalition whenever possible"...

Chinese authorities have formally arrested China's most prominent woman human rights lawyer, accusing her of subverting the state, her lawyer said on Wednesday, as part of a crackdown on activists who have helped people fight for their legal rights. The lawyer, Wang Yu, was taken into custody...

Turkey's interior minister said Wednesday the suicide bomber in an attack which killed 10 people in Istanbul's historic tourist district a day earlier was not on any wanted list but had registered with Turkey's immigration authorities. Efkan Ala said the man's fingerprints were on record with...