A self-proclaimed commander of Albanians fighting with Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, notorious at home in Kosovo for a video showing him beheading a man, has been killed, police and his family said on Thursday. Lavdrim Muhaxheri died in the Middle East, but it was not clear in which...

Russia is hosting the United Nations envoy for Syria for talks focusing on future peace negotiations. Speaking at the start of Thursday's meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Staffan de Mistura said it comes at a "delicate important moment." He stressed the importance of...

An attack by Boko Haram militants on the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 14 people and wounded 24 others, police said on Thursday, the first official toll. Maiduguri is the epicenter of the eight-year fight against Boko Haram which has been trying to set up an ISIS in the...

 Iran's intelligence ministry said on Thursday five of the detained suspects linked to the attacks in Tehran participated in ISIS terrorist activity in Syria's Raqqa and Iraq's Mosul, state TV reported. "They five arrested terrorists were Iranians. They earlier left Iran and conducted...