Justice and Development (AK) Party deputy  Ismet Yilmaz was elected Turkey's newparliamentary speaker on Wednesday. Yilmaz, a defense minister in the previous AK Party government, received 258 votes in the fourth and final round of two-days’ voting among the Grand National...

A Syrian Kurdish militia said on Wednesday it had recovered full control of the border town of Tel Abyad after Islamic State fighters raided its outskirts the day before in preparation for a larger assault, Reuters reported. Backed by U.S.-led air strikes, the Kurdish YPG militia and smaller...

At least 20 Egyptian security forces were killed when suspected militants attacked checkpoints in North Sinai on Wednesday, security sources said, in one of the biggest coordinated assaults in the province. Five checkpoints were attacked by about 70 militants, an army spokesman said, adding...

 The gunman who killed 38 tourists in Tunisia received weapons training from jihadis in Libya, a top official said Tuesday, as the president admitted security services were unprepared for the attack. On Friday, a student identified as 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui pulled a Kalashnikov...