The Russian man beheaded as a spy by the Islamic State group was a moderate Muslim who had rejected attempts by militants to recruit him to fight in the Middle East, his adoptive family told Reuters on Friday. A video posted online by Islamic State this week showed a man in an...

German support for military involvement in the campaign against Islamic State has risen sharply with 42 percent backing action, a poll showed on Wednesday shortly before ministers make their case to parliament for a new mission. In direct response to a French appeal for solidarity after the...

  Russia feels increasingly under threat from developments in the Middle East and appears to be serious about cooperating with western countries to resolve the war in Syria, Germany's foreign minister said Sunday. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose Social Democrats (SPD) are traditionally...

President Barack Obama Wednesday slammed American “hysteria” about the security threat posed by Syrian refugees as Republicans sought to freeze a program to resettle them in the wake of the Paris attacks. Seizing upon fears one of the attackers may have entered Europe posing as a Syrian...