Turkish police detained about 30 people on Tuesday in a raid against suspected ISIS militants in the central city of Konya, Dogan News Agency reported. The sweep comes a day after police launched a series of operations against ISIS groups, including a raid on more than a dozen houses in the...

A suicide bomb claimed by ISIS killed at least seven people, including two police, when it exploded on Monday near a Shiite Muslim procession in a northern Baghdad neighborhood, police and medical sources said. The explosion in Shaab, which the sources said left 23 wounded, was one of a...

A Russian foreign ministry official said on Monday delegations from the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) had visited Moscow several times, Russian news agencies reported, as Moscow stepped up political efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria. The Kremlin also said President Vladimir Putin,...

A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing more than 200 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan, injuring hundreds and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials said. The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were...