IRAQ

Troops will now stay beyond the current Resolute Support mission, but how many and in what capacity is not yet known.

The militants left leaflets on the bus that used a derogatory Arabic word for Shi'ites, blaming them for "barbaric atrocities ... in the Levant, Iraq and Yemen."

After four years of civil war, many see nothing left in Syria that’s worth fighting for.

The ForAmerica ad shows conservative pundits bashing Clinton’s credentials as well as Bush's support for her.

At least six people are also reportedly critically injured after a passenger train headed to New York derailed north of Philadelphia on Tuesday at about 9:45 p.m.

Aiding opponents of President Bashar Assad's regime amounts to supporting terrorism, an Assad supporter said.

Boko Haram has destroyed 350 churches and murdered 5,000 Catholics in its six-year insurgency in northeast Nigeria.

Israel, which has never joined the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, agreed to take part in NPT meetings Monday as an observer, ending a 20-year absence.

Hackers claiming links to Islamic State group are warning of imminent cyberattacks on the U.S. and Europe.

Iris scanners could help save missing children or enable real-time surveillance, depending on who you ask.

Likely presidential candidate Jeb Bush said he too would have invaded Iraq, as President George W. Bush did in 2003.

For Republicans, the struggle against Islamic State presents a challenge and a conundrum.

Demonstrations are spreading across the country's Kurdish cities, where 25 people have been wounded as the military and police crack down on protests.

Authorities said clashes between security forces and inmates broke out Friday night in the facility holding 300 inmates on terrorism charges.

An investigation is under way to determine whether the latest alleged bomb plot was inspired by the Islamic State group.

Imperial Tobacco, the fourth largest tobacco company in the world, is blaming its decline in cigarette sales in part on the Islamic State group.

Intelligence officials say as many as 1 in 6 Europeans joining ISIS are converts to Islam from non-Muslim households.

The Islamic State group hasn't organized an attack on U.S. soil yet, but it "will strike the West if and when it can," officials say.

Calling Republican defense spending plans a "road to nowhere," Defense Secretary Ash Carter appealed on Wednesday for lawmakers to work with him toward a new bipartisan budget deal to provide stable funding for a U.S. military hurt by years of steep cuts.

It's not clear if the NSA taps without a warrant phone calls made between Americans.

Iraqi civilians suffered the worst displacement in 2014, as at least 2.2 million people fled their homes.