IRAQ MOUNTS NEW BID TO RETAKE CITIES UNDER ISLAMIC STATE MILITANT CONTROL

Iraqi forces have launched a fresh offensive to retake cities controlled by the so-called Islamic State group... READ MORE›

JORDAN CONDEMNS FIVE ISLAMIC STATE 'TERRORISM' CELL MEMBERS

AMMAN - A court in Amman on Wednesday sentenced to death five Jordanian members of a cell linked to the Islamic State group for terrorism... READ MORE›

CLIMBING DEATH TOLL OF NIGERIAN CHURCH COLLAPSE REACHES 160

Among the survivors were Weeks and Udom Emmanuel, the governor of Akwa Ibom state, which contains Uyo... READ MORE›

NIGERIAN CHURCH COLLAPSES, 160 DEAD, SAYS HOSPITAL DIRECTOR

Weeks and Akwa Ibom state Gov. Udom Emmanuel were among the survivors... READ MORE›

CHURCH COLLAPSES IN UYO, KILLING DOZENS

At least 60 people killed after church roof came crashing down on worshippers in southern city of Uyo, officials say... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 60 KILLED AS CROWDED CHURCH COLLAPSES IN NIGERIA

Most victims were visiting South African followers of the megachurch's influential founder TB Joshua... READ MORE›

MICHIGAN STATE SKIRTS UPROAR FROM VERY CONVENIENT CLOCK ERROR

It's hard to be honest and mad and happy at the same time, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said... READ MORE›

AUTHORITIES: TIMES SQUARE CITED IN ISLAMIC STATE GROUP CASE

The Islamic State group claimed credit for the attack... READ MORE›

JAPANESE JOURNALIST HELD IN IRAQ SAYS HE WAS ISLAMIC STATE INTERPRETER

Tsuneoka was detained this week for alleged connections with the Islamic State group... READ MORE›

VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF JOINING ISLAMIC STATE INDICTED

A grand jury returned an indictment charging him with providing material support to the Islamic State group and other terrorism-related charges earlier this week... READ MORE›

DOCUMENTS DETAIL ISLAMIC STATE GUIDELINES FOR BEARDS, CONCUBINES

After the Islamic State group conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled out in minute detail the rules of its self-proclaimed caliphate, from beard l... READ MORE›

ELDERLY WOMAN CHALLENGES ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS, CALLING THEM 'DEVILS'

Video Elderly woman challenges Islamic State militants, calling them 'devils'... READ MORE›

IRAQI KURDS IN OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE ISIL-HELD TOWN

Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar... READ MORE›

CECIL THE LION AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS LIGHT UP NEW YORK

Cecil the lion and world's most endangered animals projected on Empire State Building... READ MORE›

TROOPS NOTIFIED THEIR NAMES ARE ON ISLAMIC STATE KILL LIST

An Egyptian military jet takes off from an undisclosed base on Feb... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA SAYS IT STOPPED ISIS ATTACKS 400 HELD

Meanwhile, reports emerged Saturday that the Islamic State group used projectile-delivered poison gas against Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria on several occasions last month... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE SAYS IT'LL MINT OWN COINS

It's unclear where the Islamic State group intends to get the gold, silver and copper for the coins... READ MORE›

NXP TO BUY FREESCALE CREATE 40 BILLION COMPANY

Tikrit is one of the largest cities held by the Islamic State group and sits on the road to Mosul... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE EXECUTES 50 MEMBERS OF IRAQI TRIBE

However, some Sunnis in Anbar supported militants including the Sunni militants of Islamic State group when they seized Fallujah and parts of Ramadi in December... READ MORE›

KIN VIEW VICTIM'S BODIES IN DHAKA AS ATTACK HIGHLIGHTS GROWING ISLAMIC STATE THREAT

Groups that are now active there include the al-Qaida-affiliated Ansarullah Bangla Team, al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent AQIS, the Islamic State group and JMB... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS DAMAGE HATRA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS

The video's release comes after the Iraqi government this week claimed victory against the Islamic State group in Saddam Hussein's hometown Tikrit... READ MORE›

'DAESH,' OTHER ISLAMIC STATE NAMES EXPLAINED

O Stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham o From The extremists' invasion of Syria... READ MORE›

BRITISH STUDENT WHO JOINED ISLAMIC STATE WANTS TO GO HOME

British student who joined Islamic State wants to go home Turkish MP... READ MORE›

JORDANIAN PILOTA??S FATHER APPEALS TO ISLAMIC STATE

The group said Syrian military aircraft struck two locations in the northern town of Qabassen, including a market, causing the casualties... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE SAYS IT'S BEHIND GERMAN TRAIN ATTACK

Germany has thus far escaped large-scaleA terror attacks such as seen recently in France and Belgium andA claimed by the Islamic State... READ MORE›

U.S. ADVISERS STAY OUT OF HARM'S WAY IN IRAQ

In a concerted effort to avoid combat, U.S. advisers in Iraq are pioneering new techniques for calling in airstrikes against Islamic State militants... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR LIBYA BOMBINGS

They came a week after a video was released showing the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians at the hands of Libya's Islamic State group branch... READ MORE›

REPORT: ISLAMIC STATE RELEASES 43 CHRISTIAN HOSTAGES

Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out broad plans to defeat Islamic State militants and retake the group's power centers in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›

VIDEO RELEASED OF U.S.-KURDISH RAID THAT FREED ISLAMIC STATE-HELD CAPTIVES IN IRAQ

And Kurdish peshmerga forces in which they released 70 hostages held by the Islamic State group... READ MORE›

Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan said during a morning news conference I know a lot of people are wondering if the threat is resolved... READ MORE›

TURKEY UNLEASHES WAVE OF AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE, KURDISH MILITANT TARGETS

Forces for the use of its Incirlik base for airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, according to American and Turkish officials... READ MORE›

'WE ARE ALL MUSLIMS': FATHER OF JORDANIAN PILOT CAPTURED BY ISLAMIC STATES BEGS FOR HIS SAFE RETURN

The United States and several Arab allies have been striking the Islamic State in Syria since 23 September, and U... READ MORE›

LIGHTNING STRIKES EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AMID SEVERE STORMS

During a hot summer night, a photographer managed to capture the exact moment a bolt of lightning hit the Empire State Building... READ MORE›

US-LED AIR STRIKES IN SYRIA 'KILL 1,600

22 Feb 2015 Isil emerged in Syria in 2013, growing from al-Qaeda's former Iraqi affiliate... READ MORE›

OVERSHADOWED BY THE ISLAMIC STATE GROUP, SOMALIA'S AL-SHABAB STRUGGLES TO STAY RELEVANT

Al-Shabab aligned with al-Qaida in 2012, but a turn to the Islamic State group now seems possible... READ MORE›

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SHOOTING: THREE SHOT IN TALLAHASSEE CAMPUS LIBRARY AS 'HEARTBROKEN' STUDENTS TOLD TO TAKE COVER

Florida state university shooting three shot in tallahassee campus library as heartbroken students told to take cover... READ MORE›

IRAQI FORCES, SHIITE MILITIA EXPEL ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS FROM KEY TOWN NEAR U.S. AIR BASE

Iraqi forces shiite militia expel islamic state fighters from key town near u.s. air base... READ MORE›

ATTACKS ON ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS HIGHLIGHT BUBBLING ANGER WITH GROUP

Almost two years since Islamic State militants started taking territory to form their so-called caliphate, residents of a Syrian town are showing how peopl... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE VIDEO SHOWS CHILD KILLING 'ISRAEL SPY'

Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency said it had announced earlier this year that Musalam had left for Turkey to fight with the Islamic State... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE TAKES PAGE FROM PREDECESSORS' WAR PLAYBOOK

A nearly 2,000-year-old temple in the Syrian city of Palmyra this week was the latest victim in the Islamic State group's campaign of destruction of histor... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE BRANCH CLAIMS ITS ROCKET DESTROYED EGYPT GUNBOAT OFF SINAI

An Egyptian navy vessel was targeted on Thursday by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, who claimed they destroyed it with a rocket while it... READ MORE›

TRUMP SOON TO GET SOBERING REALITY CHECK, OBAMA SAYS

President Barack Obama cautioned against dire predictions for Donald Trump's presidency Monday, saying his Republican successor faces a reality check if he... READ MORE›

NEXT CONGRESS: PERHAPS A CHENEY, PANETTA, MORE MINORITIES

If elected, McGinty would be the state's first woman to serve in the Senate and could find herself the lone woman in Pennsylvania's 20-member congressional delegation... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. HOUSE TO VOTE ON IRAN SANCTIONS ACT RENEWAL AS SOON AS NOVEMBER

The Iran Sanctions Act was enacted to curb Tehran's support for terrorism and its very dangerous weapons proliferation... READ MORE›

AS SYRIA CEASE-FIRE FAILS, OBAMA MAY LEAVE SUCCESSOR 'PROBLEM FROM HELL'

Obama has limited the U.S. role to supporting groups fighting Islamic State in northeastern Syria... READ MORE›

GET SET FOR A PRESIDENTIAL FAIRY TALE AT THE UNITED NATIONS

President Obama evidently plans to spin a fine fairy tale Tuesday in his final speech at the United Nations... READ MORE›

OBAMA HOPES TO RALLY WORLD SUPPORT AT THE UN FOR WORSENING REFUGEE CRISIS

We need to give them basic succor, said Michel Gabaudan, president of Refugees International, an aid group based in Washington... READ MORE›

OBAMA REMINDS AMERICANS ON 9/11 THAT DIVERSITY STRENGTHENS U.S. FABRIC

President Barack Obama on Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by calling on Americans to embrace the nation's character as a people... READ MORE›

OBAMA CALLS ON AMERICANS TO EMBRACE DIVERSITY ON 9/11

Obama's comments also came in the heat of a presidential election in which voters will weigh which candidate would best keep America safe... READ MORE›

CLINTON ENTERS FALL WITH ADVANTAGES, BUT TRUMP TEAM HOPEFUL

Trump aides were gleeful Friday over the release of FBI notes regarding Clinton's controversial email practices while secretary of state... READ MORE›

CLINTON ENTERS FALL WITH KEY ADVANTAGES IN WHITE HOUSE RACE

Trump aides were gleeful Friday over the release of FBI notes regarding Clinton's controversial email practices while secretary of state... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA SAYS 'AMERICA IS NOT AS DIVIDED AS SOME HAVE SUGGESTED' IN THE WAKE OF DALLAS POLICE SHOOTINGS

The black community is much closer to the police than in other cities... READ MORE›

MCCAIN: OBAMA 'DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE' FOR ORLANDO SHOOTING

So the responsibility for it lies with President Barack Obama and his failed policies, McCain said... READ MORE›