BAGHDAD — “Sleeper cells” made up of former Iraqi police officers and soldiers are tipping off authorities to Islamic State group positions in the northern city...
TOKYO — Japan sought help from Jordan and other countries Monday in its race to save a hostage held by the extremist Islamic State group, with...
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s fragile economy has lost around a third of its value in the past year as international aid organizations that poured in cash...
MOSCOW — The Russian currency fell by more than 3 percent early Monday, after Western leaders threatened to punish Russia for escalated fighting in eastern Ukraine...
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad dismissed negotiations with Western-backed opposition representatives, calling them “puppets” in an interview with a U.S. magazine published Monday ahead of...
WASHINGTON — Sheriffs are campaigning to pressure Google Inc. to turn off a feature on its Waze traffic software that warns drivers when police are nearby....
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday strongly denounced the murder of a Japanese citizen by the terrorist group ISIL and called for the release...
CAIRO — Egyptian security officials say clashes between police and Islamist protesters in an eastern Cairo district have left nine demonstrators dead. They say the Sunday...
NEW DELHI — President Barack Obama was welcomed like royalty Sunday in India as he opened a three-day visit aimed at turning his burgeoning rapport with...
DAKAR, Senegal — A top U.N. official in the fight against Ebola greeted just three patients at one treatment center he visited this week in Sierra...