Britain conducts regular strikes against IS militants in Iraq but has so far limited its Syrian involvement to flying surveillance missions to gather intelligence.
Hungary has begun constructing a razor-wire border fence, aimed at stemming a tide of migrants, newly wary of attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea.
The apparently coordinated attacks came weeks after the Islamic State group threatened to target Palestinian militant organizations.
A Reclaim Australia rally featured violent clashes Saturday, while another was marked by arrests Sunday. Both were held to oppose the so-called Islamization of Australia.
The kidnapping took place in an ISIS stronghold southeast of the city of Sirte, Libya, said a resident, who asked not to be named.
"This latest attack is yet another painful example of the atrocities that the terrorist group ISIL continues to perpetrate against the people of Iraq," a NSC spokesman said.
Controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona dismissed calls for his resignation, as he denied racial targeting by his office.
The Islamic State group has been littering the territory it controls with land mines that could threaten civilians for years to come.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he would not welcome war but if there were one, the United States would be humiliated.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a massive bombing in Khan Bani Saad.
Every day appears to bring with it another terrorist attack, but exactly who are the militant groups behind them?
Prior to the Chattanooga shooting, suspect Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez spent seven months in Jordan — a place where extremism is on the rise.
"It threatens to entrench a program that raises significant civil liberties and privacy concerns.”
Despite the British parliament voting against military action in Syria, it was revealed that pilots on an exchange program with coalition forces participated in the attacks.
Airstrikes against the Islamic State group have killed several senior officials in recent weeks, but the militant group continues to advance.
According to Brigadier General Saad Maan, the crossing will be reopened after the security situation improves in the region.
Government forces have yet to make any significant gains against ISIS in a city less than 50 miles from Baghdad.
“Few countries are willing or able to counter ISIS as a global phenomenon,” simulations found.
The rise of the Islamic State group has turned out to be a major concern for NATO, which will train 36,000 troops to fight the militant group.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, several of these children were used as suicide bombers.
The Nordic country suspects that Syrian art stolen by the Islamic State group may have ended up in Sweden as fighters return home.
The leader of the Chechen Republic has dismissed claims that the Islamic State group has branches in the country.