IRAQ

Saturday's attacks were the latest in a string in recent weeks that authorities say were perpetrated by Islamic State group militants.

The former soccer player is one of 20,000 foreign fighters waging war in Syria and Iraq on behalf of the likes of the Islamic State group, according to a news report.

A human rights group condemned the killings, which included seven children. More than a dozen people are still missing.

The massive order from the tiny emirate is the largest export order for the Rafale aircraft.

The United States has said that there are no guarantees that a deal will be secured by a June 30 deadline.

The Guard's navy may have taken the Maersk Tigris in an attempt to derail nuclear talks.

The Islamic State group has attacked the country five times.

"There are just no words for how bad it’s gotten,” a Red Cross official said. "It’s a catastrophe, a humanitarian catastrophe.”

According to a monitoring group, ISIS has executed an average of seven people every day since the establishment of its "caliphate" in Syria.

"If finalized and implemented, (an agreement) will close off all of Iran's possible pathways to the nuclear material required for a nuclear weapon."

The reporters -- four Libyans and one Egyptian -- had been working for Barqa TV.

Predictions that fighters from the Islamic State group would soon be routed from the province turned out to be too optimistic.

The city is in Anbar province, which Iraq's prime minister had predicted would host the "next stand and battle" against the Islamic State.

The male suspects, aged 17 to 41, were arrested on Saturday and Sunday in suburbs near Kuala Lumpur.

The U.S. has asked for access to Philippine military bases in eight locations to rotate troops, aircraft, and ships as Washington shifts its forces to Asia.

NBC is now scrutinizing the suspended newscaster's story about events that occurred in Cairo's Tahrir Square in 2011.

The U.N. aid chief urged the Security Council to impose an arms embargo and sanctions in Syria for violations of humanitarian law as special envoy Angelina Jolie pleaded with council members to visit millions of Syrian refugees.

The former four-star general will have to pay a higher fine than expected for his involvement in leaking military secrets to his lover.

The Islamic State group has threatened to punish anyone caught selling, buying or wearing Nike products because the company's name is deemed sinful.

The former four-star general and CIA chief had pleaded guilty to leaking classified military intelligence to his biographer and mistress.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that 1,573 French citizens are linked to "terror networks" and 442 of them are believed to be in Syria.