Presidents Obama and Hollande met on the sidelines of the ongoing G-7 summit in Germany, and discussed other issues, including climate change and terrorism.
Merkel, once dubbed the "climate chancellor," hopes to revitalize her green credentials.
The Obama Administration is constantly looking for more effecient ways to assist Iraqi forces, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said.
President Erdoğan’s ruling AKP had sought a two-thirds majority in parliament so it could rewrite the constitution. It only managed to secure 41 percent of the votes.
"Once we start saying how far we're willing to go or how many troops we're willing to invest, we send a horrible message," said the Wisconsin governor and likely presidential candidate.
Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain’s biggest challenge is fighting extremist Islamist terrorism as represented by the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
The Syrian army said on Sunday it had repulsed a major offensive by Islamic State militants in the northeastern city of Hasaka.
A New York Times investigation suggests the American military relies on special forces far too often with little oversight.
Most Syrian refugees are now in either Turkey or Lebanon, but some are in Iraq and Jordan, as well as in North African nations.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that the rise of the Islamic State group posed “one of the gravest security threats we face today.”
Both countries have been using drones to target Islamic State militants.
Officials from Israel and Saudi Arabia have met in India, Italy and the Czech Republic to discuss the growing influence of Iran, their common enemy.
As he announced his second presidential run, the former Texas governor focused on foreign policy and a slow economy — blaming Obama on both.
There are no health benefits associated with the procedure, which can cause severe bleeding, infections and infertility, the World Health Organization has said.
The most powerful tribe in western Iraq's Sunni heartland is now officially aligned with the Islamic State group.
OPEC oil ministers are expected to hold the line on oil production at this week's summit in Vienna.
Neil Prakash is the third ISIS fighter from Australia to be included in the U.N. sanctions list, which makes it a crime to deal with his assets, or provide him material support.
An Iraqi Christian family has looked after the tomb Nahum Elkoshi, which sits inside an ancient synagogue, for decades.
The leader of Jabhat al-Nusra, al Qaeda's Syrian branch, discusses the Syrian conflict and the bitter relationship between al Qaeda and ISIS in a new Al Jazeera interview.
The former general expressed confidence that America and its partners can defeat ISIS in Iraq, but he urged greater Western involvement in fighting the group in Syria.
Chafee, who is a former governor of Rhode Island, has declared that he's a 2016 presidential candidate, hoping to run against Hillary Clinton's Iraq record.
Noah Galloway did not lose the 2015 Arthur Ashe Courage Award to Caitlyn Jenner, ESPN said.
