Russia is arming Kyrgyzstan's military, to the northeast of Afghanistan, to counter threats from the Islamic State group.
France is seeking to form a coalition with European allies to mitigate the rising threat of ISIS in Libya, a French newspaper reported.
Nearly 90 percent of Arabs disagree with the Islamic State group, a poll suggests, indicating that its backing has weakened further since last year.
A gay Mexican undocumented immigrant can stay in the U.S. now that a judge says he could face danger if deported.
A former police officer has been detained following a scare involving a fake bomb on an Air France flight.
The Japanese electronics maker said Monday that it expects to record a $4.5 billion loss for the current fiscal year and plans to cut headcount by a third.
The Vermont senator heaped praise upon the king of Jordan, not for the first time, during Saturday's Democratic debate.
The death of Mohammed Badreddin al-Houthi, a key leader in Yemen’s Houthi rebel movement, was reported by local media Saturday.
A new video shows a fighter encouraging the beheading of Shiite citizens in Saudi Arabia, followed by the gruesome execution of an alleged Saudi spy.
President Barack Obama is scheduled to conduct his end of the year press conference Friday after a busy year.
Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday a newly formed, 34-nation military alliance to fight ISIS. Nigeria was among the countries named that was caught off guard by the announcement.
The European Union's new regulations are in direct response to recent plane disappearances such as that of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished in 2014, leaving very little information on its whereabouts.
The airspace violations were believed to be the first since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, and did not elicit a response from Israel's military.
Some Republicans saw the removal of Iraq's Saddam Hussein as a necessary step, while others said the U.S. should have focused on its own problems.
Islam is both a religion and a form of government, the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania argued during Tuesday's "undercard" Republican debate.
Hasan Edmonds, a U.S. citizen who admitted to conspiring to provide material support to the terror group, had plans to carry out an attack at the Joliet armory.
The 34-nation group is said to include Arab countries such as Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and Islamic nations Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan.
Tunisia has been hailed as a democratic success in the Arab Spring uprisings. However, even after the revolution, homosexuality remains illegal in the North African country.
As the Islamic State group pushes deeper into the North African country, officials are increasingly concerned about its plans for Libyan oil.
Egypt announced Monday that it had found no evidence of any “illegal or terrorist act” in the downing of a Russian plane in October that killed over 200 people.
The extremist organization, which has inspired or directed attacks in six countries in recent months, has reportedly lost about 20,000 people to airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
Demonstrators opposed to Britain's decision to launch airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group took to the streets Saturday.