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US aid worker's parents plead for his release

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The parents of a U.S. man threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group are pleading with his captors to free him, saying in a video statement Saturday that their son has devoted his life to humanitarian work and aiding Syria's war refugees. Ed and...

Biden apologizes to Turkey president in phone call

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden apologized Saturday to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was angry over comments in which Biden said Erdogan had admitted that Turkey had made mistakes by allowing foreign fighters to cross into Syria. Erdogan denied...

Turkish president demands apology from Biden

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday demanded an apology from U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and warned he would become "history for me" over comments in which he said the Turkish leader had admitted that Turkey had made mistakes by allowing foreign...

Syria's 'Free Police' outgunned by all its foes

(Reuters) - In rebel-held areas of Aleppo, lightly armed policemen face thieves equipped with anti-aircraft guns on the ground and Syrian air force bombardment from the sky. General Adib al-Shallaf, the head of the Western-backed police force, says the Syrian government has tried to...

Syria's Assad pictured at Eid prayers in Damascus

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has made a rare public appearance at a mosque in Damascus at the start of a Muslim holiday, a photo posted on the presidency's official Twitter feed on Saturday showed. Assad is shown seated on the floor of...

Islamic State says beheads British hostage in new video

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria posted a video on Friday that appeared to show the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning, triggering condemnation by the British and U.S. governments. The footage on YouTube, highlighted on pro-Islamic State Twitter...

US, France discuss potential French role in Syria

US and French defense chiefs discussed the possibility of France taking part in the American-led air war against Islamic State jihadists in Syria, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said. But his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, would not confirm or deny that the subject came...

Tears, prayers as 1.4 million Muslims mark peak of hajj

Tears flowed and prayers filled the air as the annual Muslim hajj by about 1.4 million believers from around the world reached its zenith on a vast plain in western Saudi Arabia Friday. "I am now a newborn baby and I don't have any sin," Nigerian pilgrim Taofik Odunewu told AFP,...