A red-bearded Islamic State commander described by American officials as the group's de facto minister of war may have been killed in an air strike in Syria on Friday by the U.S.-led coalition, several U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Abu Omar al-Shishani, also known as Omar the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime army backed by allied Shiite forces recaptured a village from Islamist insurgents hours after Nusra Front and others seized the area south of city of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. The al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front and Islamist...

 Tunisian security forces pressed a search for extremists near the Libyan border Tuesday after a deadly raid the authorities described as an "unprecedented" assault by ISIS. Prime Minister Habib Essid said around 50 extremists were believed to have taken part in Monday's coordinated attack...

Russia's sports minister Tuesday said he hoped to see tennis star Maria Sharapova back on court after she failed a dope test at the Australian Open. "I feel sorry for Masha. I hope that we will see her back on court and we are prepared to support her," minister Vitaly Mutko told state-run TASS...